In Python 3.7 running on Windows, what specific syntax is required to:
1. Navigate to a directory containing a terraform program
2. Execute "terraform apply -auto-approve" in that target directory
3. Extract the resulting output variables into a form usable in python
The output variables might take the form:
security_group_id_nodes = sg-xxxxxxxxxx
vpc_id_myvpc = vpc-xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Want to be using windows cmd style commands here, NOT powershell.
My first failed newbie attempt is:
import os
os.chdir('C:\\path\\to\\terraform\\code')
from subprocess import check_output
check_output("terraform apply -auto-approve", shell=True).decode()
Not sure about your output, but subprocess could definitely make the trick.
Try something like:
command = 'terraform apply -auto-approve'
TARGET_DIR = 'E:\Target\Directory'
subprocess_handle = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command), cwd=TARGET_DIR, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
subprocess_handle.wait()
result = subprocess_handle.communicate()[0]
print(result)
Worked for me once, just play around with params.
UPD: Here I assume that "terraform" is an executable.
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I made a python code that must sequentially execute a series of perl commands on the PC shell, the problem is that I did not realize that to send these scripts I have to add parameters (i have n_params), advice?
example command to send
perl [file_name.pl] [params]
To run these commands on the windows CMD I am using os and subprocess
python code example
# command = perl [file_name.pl] [params]
# path = location/of/where/the/pl/file/is/saved
perl_script = subprocess.Popen(["C:\\Perl64\\bin\\perl.exe",path + command], stdout=sys.stdout)
perl_script.communicate()
But running the script like this, the code gets me wrong because it says it can't find the filename in the specific directory
This argument to Popen()
["C:\\Perl64\\bin\\perl.exe", path + command]
does not look correct since you wrote that command is perl [file_name.pl] [params]. Instead try:
p = subprocess.Popen(["C:\\Perl64\\bin\\perl.exe", path+"file_name.pl", "param1", "param2", ...])
Im trying to access server data via a jar-file. Doing this in MATLAB is quite simple:
javaaddpath('*PATH*\filename.jar')
WWS=gov.usgs.winston.server.WWSClient(ip,port);
Data = eval('WWS.getRawData(var1,var2,var3)');
WWS.close;
Problem is that I need to execute this in Python and I can't figure out how to translate these few lines of code. I've tried using the subprocess module like:
WWS=subprocess.call(['java', 'gov/usgs/winston/server/WWSClient.class'])
but the best I can get is the error "could not find or load main class gov.usgs.winston.server.WWSClient.class"
Thankful for all the help!
Also you can use the following code:
import subprocess
command = "java -jar <*PATH*\filename.jar>"
result = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
And result is the output of the jar file.
There are a few ways you can do this. One of the easiest ways is
import subprocess
subprocess.run(["java", "-jar", "*PATH*\filename.jar"])
The python subprocess command runs a system command. It takes a list as an argument, and the list is just the system command you want to run and it's arguments.
I'm using windows 10 and while working on a new project, I need to interact with WSL(Ubuntu on windows) bash from within python (windows python interpreter).
I tried using subprocess python library to execute commands.. what I did looks like this:
import subprocess
print(subprocess.check_call(['cmd','ubuntu1804', 'BashCmdHere(eg: ls)']))#not working
print(subprocess.check_output("ubuntu1804", shell=True).decode())#also not working
The expected behavior is to execute ubuntu1804 command which starts a wsl linux bash on which I want to execute my 'BashCmdHere' and retrieve its results to python but it just freezes. What am I doing wrong ? or how to do this ?
Thank you so much
Found 2 ways to achieve this:
A correct version of my code looks like this
#e.g: To execute "ls -l"
import subprocess
print(subprocess.check_call(['wsl', 'ls','-l','MaybeOtherParamHere']))
I should have used wsl to invoke linux shell from windows aka bash then my command and parameters in separated arguments for the subprocess command.
The other way which I think is cleaner but may be heavier is using PowerShell Scripts:
#script.ps1
param([String]$folderpath, [String]$otherparam)
Write-Output $folderpath
Write-Output $otherparam
wsl ls -l $folderpath $otherparam
Then to execute it in python and get the results:
import subprocess
def callps1():
powerShellPath = r'C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe'
powerShellCmd = "./script.ps1"
#call script with argument '/mnt/c/Users/aaa/'
p = subprocess.Popen([powerShellPath, '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', powerShellCmd, '/mnt/c/Users/aaa/', 'SecondArgValue']
, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
output, error = p.communicate()
rc = p.returncode
print("Return code given to Python script is: " + str(rc))
print("\n\nstdout:\n\n" + str(output))
print("\n\nstderr: " + str(error))
# Test
callps1()
Thank you for helping out
What about:
print(subprocess.check_call(['ubuntu1804', 'run', 'BashCmdHere(eg: ls)'])) #also try without "run" or change ubuntu1804 to wsl
Or
print(subprocess.check_call(['cmd', '/c', 'ubuntu1804', 'run', 'BashCmdHere(eg: ls)']))#also try without "run" or change "ubuntu1804" to "wsl"
# I think you need to play with quotes here to produce: cmd /c 'ubuntu1804 run BashCmdHere(eg: ls)'
First, try to call your command from cmd.exe to see the right format and then translate it to Python.
os.system('bash')
I figured this out by accident.
I am currently trying to utilize strace to automatically trace a programm 's system calls. To then parse and process the data obtained, I want to use a Python script.
I now wonder, how would I go about calling strace from Python?
Strace is usually called via command line and I don't know of any C library compiled from strace which I could utilize.
What is the general way to simulate an access via command line via Python?
alternatively: are there any tools similar to strace written natively in Python?
I'm thankful for any kind of help.
Nothing, as I'm clueless
You need to use the subprocess module.
It has check_output to read the output and put it in a variable, and check_call to just check the exit code.
If you want to run a shell script you can write it all in a string and set shell=True, otherwise just put the parameters as strings in a list.
import subprocess
# Single process
subprocess.check_output(['fortune', '-m', 'ciao'])
# Run it in a shell
subprocess.check_output('fortune | grep a', shell=True)
Remember that if you run stuff in a shell, if you don't escape properly and allow user data to go in your string, it's easy to make security holes. It is better to not use shell=True.
You can use commands as the following:
import commands
cmd = "strace command"
result = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
if result[0] == 0:
print result[1]
else:
print "Something went wrong executing your command"
result[0] contains the return code, and result[1] contains the output.
Python 2 and Python 3 (prior 3.5)
Simply execute:
subprocess.call(["strace", "command"])
Execute and return the output for processing:
output = subprocess.check_output(["strace", "command"])
Reference: https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html
Python 3.5+
output = subprocess.run(["strace", "command"], caputure_output=True)
Reference: https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.run
I would like to know how can i use my variables in output of another command. For example if i try to generate some keys with "openssl" i'll get the question about the country, state, organizations etc.
I would like to use my variables in the script that i have to fill this information. I'll have variable "Country"; variable "State" etc. and to be parsed/set in to this questions from the openssl command when is executed.
I'm trying this in bash but also would like to know how will be the same think done in python.
Kind regards
You have multiple ways to do so.
1. If you have your script launched before the python script and the result set in an enviroment variable you can read the environment variable from your python script as follows:
import os
os.environ.get('MYVARIABLE', 'Default val')
Otherwise you can try to launch the other application from your python script and read the result by using os.popen():
import os
tmp = os.popen("ls").read()
or better (if you have a python newer than 2.6)
import subprocess
proc = subprocess.Popen('ls', stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
tmp = proc.stdout.read()