Call Perl script from Python

Question

I\'ve got a Perl script that I want to invoke from a Python script. I\'ve been looking all over, and haven\'t been successful. I\'m basically trying to call the Perl scrip

Answer 1

Would you like to pass var as a parameter, on stdin or both? To pass it as a parameter, use

subprocess.call(["./uireplace.pl", var])

To pipe it to stdin, use

pipe = subprocess.Popen("./uireplace.pl", stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
pipe.communicate(var)

Both code snippets require uireplace.pl to be executable. If it is not, you can use

pipe = subprocess.Popen(["perl", "./uireplace.pl"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
pipe.communicate(var)