Running bash script from within python

Question

I have a problem with the following code:

callBash.py:

import subprocess
print \"start\"
subprocess.call(\"sleep.sh\")
print \"end\"         


        

Answer 1

If someone looking for calling a script with arguments

import subprocess

val = subprocess.check_call("./script.sh '%s'" % arg, shell=True)

Remember to convert the args to string before passing, using str(arg).

This can be used to pass as many arguments as desired:

subprocess.check_call("./script.ksh %s %s %s" % (arg1, str(arg2), arg3), shell=True)