Executing an R script in python via subprocess.Popen

Question

When I execute the script in R, it is:

$ R --vanilla --args test_matrix.csv < hierarchical_clustering.R > out.txt

In Python, it works if

Answer 1

I've solved this problem by putting everything into the brackets..

process = subprocess.Popen(["R --vanilla --args "+output_filename+"_DM_Instances_R.csv < /home/kevin/AV-labels/Results/R/hierarchical_clustering.R > "+output_filename+"_out.txt"], shell=True)
process.wait()