Two Scripts

[donde321]

I have a Python script with a menu. At one selection, I want to start or call another script but it's BASH. The result is put in a text file in /tmp.
I want to do this:
Start Python script. At menu selection, have it start the BASH script. At end return back to Python script which processes the file in /tmp.
Is this possible? How would I do it?

[ghans]

Use the subprocess module :

https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html

ghans

[donde321]

Use the subprocess module :

https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html

ghans

Really new in Python, looked at the site, don't know what to look for.

[kusti8]

Code: Select all

import subprocess
subprocess.call("COMMAND TO RUN", shell=True)

[liudr]

What is the advantage of using sub process over system call with os.system"command")?

[DirkS]

What is the advantage of using sub process over system call with os.system"command")?

More control and more options.
See https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.system
https://docs.python.org/2/library/subpr ... placements