Re: execute a shell script from a python script

If your script is foo.sh and takes args:
import subprocess
subprocess.call(["foo.sh","args"],shell=True)
Should work fine. check out
http://www.python.org/dev/doc/maint24/lib/module-subprocess.html

Enjoy,
THN

spec wrote:
Hi all, I know nothing about Python. What I need to do is to get a
Python script to execute a local shell script. I do not need any
output. What would be th eeasiest way to accomplish this?

Thanks!

.

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