I have a PDF document and I want to print it with my python app.
I have tried the solution in here (Print PDF document with python's win32print module?) but when I install Ghostscript 9.15 that is the actual version, it has no gsprint.exe
The way I am using that works is with the command os.startfile('PDFfile.pdf', "print") but it opens default viewer (mine is Adobe Reader) and after printing it stills open, trying to kill the process with os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM AcroRD32.exe") kills other opened windows and I dont want it.
With the next command, it also prints, but it let the Adobe Reader opened too
currentprinter = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", 'PDFfile.pdf', '/d:"%s"' % currentprinter, ".", 0)
I have seen this answer too but they recommend using gsprint.exe again
Anybody has the gsprint.exe file or any other solution?.
NOTE: When I used another default program to open PDF files like Chrome or Windows Reader, I always get an Exception in the execution of the commands above '(31, 'ShellExecute', 'A device attached to the system is not functioning.')' or [Error 1155] No application is associated with the specified file for this operation: 'PDFfile.pdf' with the startfile command
Finally after hours and hours of searching for the right files, i have found the answer to my problem.
You can download the GSPRINT in HERE
You can download the Ghostscript GPL in HERE
With this extracted files in your PC (Windows) you can print your PDF with this command
GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GHOSTSCRIPT\\bin\\gswin32.exe"
GSPRINT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GSPRINT\\gsprint.exe"
# YOU CAN PUT HERE THE NAME OF YOUR SPECIFIC PRINTER INSTEAD OF DEFAULT
currentprinter = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, '-ghostscript "'+GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH+'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'" "PDFFile.pdf"', '.', 0)
The GhostScript can also be found in the Official page HERE
I found the gsprint.exe for 64bits HERE
I hope this helps.
I know this is an old question, but in case someone is looking for it here is how I fixed it.
I am using python 3.8 and gs9.52 on windows 10 64-bit and python3-ghostscript library which you can install using pip install python3-ghostscript I am also using pypiwin32 to get the default printer name, you can install it with pip pip install pypiwin32
This is the working script
import tempfile
import win32print
import locale
import ghostscript
import render_to_pdf
pdf = render_to_pdf('print/slip.html', context)
temp1 = tempfile.mktemp('.pdf')
f1 = open(temp1, 'ab')
f1.write(pdf)
f1.close()
args = [
"-dPrinted", "-dBATCH", "-dNOSAFER", "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOPROMPT"
"-q",
"-dNumCopies#1",
"-sDEVICE#mswinpr2",
f'-sOutputFile#"%printer%{win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()}"',
f'"{temp1}"'
]
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
args = [a.encode(encoding) for a in args]
ghostscript.Ghostscript(*args)
Few things to note here I am using '#' instead of '=' because for some reason it was not working with '='.
If this is not working for you try changing -sDEVICE switch to your printer type for example when I was using HP LaserJet it was giving me prompt so I changed my -sDEVICE to laserjet and it worked, you can get the list of device by running gs -h in terminal
Here's a way to silently print a pdf in the same directory as your python script without gsprint and without win32api. It allows for more GhostScript customization like choosing width/height, etc.
import os
import subprocess
import sys
if sys.platform == 'win32':
args = '"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\gs\\\\gs9.23\\\\bin\\\\gswin64c" ' \
'-sDEVICE=mswinpr2 ' \
'-dBATCH ' \
'-dNOPAUSE ' \
'-dFitPage ' \
'-sOutputFile="%printer%myPrinterName" '
ghostscript = args + os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'myFile.pdf').replace('\\', '\\\\')
subprocess.call(ghostscript, shell=True)
If you're using the 32 bit version of GhostScript then you would use gswin32c
If you want to print specific pages and some other parameters, you should specify them in the parameters of gsprint as follows:
import win32print
import win32api
GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GHOSTSCRIPT\\bin\\gswin32.exe"
GSPRINT_PATH = "C:\\path\\to\\GSPRINT\\gsprint.exe"
params = '-ghostscript "'+ GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH +'" -printer "'+currentprinter+'" -from 1 -to 3 -landscape -copies 1 "1.pdf "'
print(params)
win32api.ShellExecute(0, 'open', GSPRINT_PATH, params, '.',0)
The following code will block the current task
for i in range(10):
currentprinter = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32api.ShellExecute(0, "print", 'PDFfile.pdf', '/d:"%s"' % currentprinter, ".", 0)
and killing the reader after printing help won't block the current task
os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM AcroRD32.exe")
but it will close other pdf files too.
If you can't use gsprint, use the acrobat command
import win32print
import subprocess
import time
pdf_file = 'D:\d1\d1.pdf'
acrobat = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe'
name = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
cmd = '"{}" /n /o /t "{}" "{}"'.format(acrobat, pdf_file, name)
for i in range(10)):
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
It won't block the current task and close the other pdf files.
Based on previous answers and other posts, i develop the following script to print .pdf and .ps from a Laravel website.
I used python 3.9 and Ghostscript 9.54 (for 64bits). pywin32 and python3-ghostscript libs are requiered too.
import os
import sys
import win32print
import win32api
import ghostscript
import locale
USELESS_PRINTER = ['OneNote for Windows 10', 'OneNote (Desktop)', 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer',
'Microsoft Print to PDF', 'Fax']
HELP = """pyPrinter - Author: Arthur SICARD - Date: 19/05/2021
\n-help
\tDisplay this message.
\n-list [-virtual]
\tReturn list of available printer (excepted: """ + ", ".join(USELESS_PRINTER) + """)
\n-file filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
\tPrint specified file on default system printer. Use -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
\n-batch filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
\tPrint each document specified un batch file on default system printer. Batch file must be a .txt. Each file to print must be write on its own line.
\tUse -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
\n-virtual
\tUse this option after all other arguments to enable printing on virtual printer 'Microsoft Print to PDF'
"""
# Safe accessor to argv. Return None if index is not set
def getArgv(index):
try:
return (sys.argv[1:])[index]
except:
return None
# Return list of local printer available without "virtual printer" define in USELESS_PRINTER list.
def getAvailablePrinters():
printers = win32print.EnumPrinters(win32print.PRINTER_ENUM_LOCAL)
printer_list = []
for x in range(len(printers)):
if printers[x][2] not in USELESS_PRINTER:
printer_list.append(printers[x][2])
return printer_list
# Return printer name to use. If -printer is set it will return this value only if value match with available
# printers list. Return a error if -printer not in list. If no printer specified, retrieve default printer and return
# its name. Sometime default printer is on USELESS_PRINTER list so first printer return by getAvailablePrinters() is
# return. If no printer is return display an error.
def getPrinter():
default_printer = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
if default_printer in USELESS_PRINTER:
if len(getAvailablePrinters()) == 0:
print("No printer available, unable to print. Use -virtual if you want enable virtual printer.")
sys.exit(1801)
default_printer = getAvailablePrinters()[0]
if getArgv(2) is not None:
if getArgv(2) == "-printer":
printer = getArgv(3)
if printer in getAvailablePrinters():
return printer
else:
if printer is not None:
print("Given printer not found. Defaut printer configured: ", default_printer)
return default_printer
# Use GhostScript API to silent print .pdf and .ps. Use win32api to print .txt. Return a error if printing failed or
# file ext doesn't match.
def printFile(filepath):
try:
if os.path.splitext(filepath)[1] in [".pdf", ".ps"]:
args = [
"-dPrinted", "-dBATCH", "-dNOSAFER", "-dNOPAUSE", "-dNOPROMPT"
"-q",
"-dNumCopies#1",
"-sDEVICE#mswinpr2",
f'-sOutputFile#"%printer%{getPrinter()}"',
f'"{filepath}"'
]
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
args = [a.encode(encoding) for a in args]
ghostscript.Ghostscript(*args)
elif os.path.splitext(filepath)[1] in [".txt"]:
# '"%s"' % enable to encapsulate string with quote
win32api.ShellExecute(0, "printto", '"%s"' % filepath, '"%s"' % getPrinter(), ".", 0)
return True
except:
print("Printing error for file: ", '"%s"' % filepath, "| Printer: ", '"%s"' % getPrinter())
return False
def main(argv):
if len(argv) in [1, 2, 4, 5]:
cmd1 = getArgv(0)
filepath = getArgv(1)
if argv[-1] == "-virtual":
USELESS_PRINTER.remove('Microsoft Print to PDF')
# Batch printing mode
if cmd1 == "-batch" and len(argv) in [2, 4, 5]:
if not os.path.isfile(filepath) and not os.path.exists(filepath):
print("Path provide for batch file is not a valid file path or doesn't exist.")
sys.exit(2)
if os.path.splitext(filepath)[1] in [".txt"]:
with open(filepath) as fp:
line = fp.readline().strip('\n')
while line:
if not os.path.isfile(line) and not os.path.exists(line):
print("Path provide is not a valid file path or doesn't exist: ", line)
else:
printFile(line)
line = fp.readline().strip('\n')
fp.close()
else:
print("Not supported file format for batch printing.")
sys.exit(50)
# Single file printing mode
elif cmd1 == "-file" and len(argv) in [2, 4, 5]:
if not os.path.isfile(filepath) and not os.path.exists(filepath):
print("Path provide is not a file path.")
sys.exit(2)
if not printFile(filepath):
sys.exit(1)
# Get printers list
elif cmd1 == "-list" and len(argv) in [1, 2]:
for printer in getAvailablePrinters():
print(printer)
# Display help
elif cmd1 == "-help" and len(argv) in [1]:
print(HELP)
sys.exit(0)
else:
print("Unknow option. Use -help to obtain more informations about supported options.")
sys.exit(50)
else:
print("Wrong arguments number. Use -help to obtain more informations about supported options.")
sys.exit(50)
exit(0)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main(sys.argv[1:])
Following command explain how to use it:
python main.py -help
pyPrinter - Author: Arthur - Date: 19/05/2021
-help
Display this message.
-list [-virtual]
Return list of available printer (excepted: OneNote for Windows 10, OneNote (Desktop), Microsoft XPS Document Writer, Microsoft Print to PDF, Fax)
-file filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
Print specified file on default system printer. Use -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
-batch filepath [-printer printer_name] [-virtual]
Print each document specified un batch file on default system printer. Batch file must be a .txt. Each file to print must be write on its own line.
Use -printer to specify printer to use. Printer name must be available un -list response.
-virtual
Use this option after all other arguments to enable printing on virtual printer 'Microsoft Print to PDF'
To print one file to printer HP1FF6CC (HP OfficeJet Pro 6970)
python main.py -file "D:\my\system\path\to\file\pattern.ps" -printer "HP1FF6CC (HP OfficeJet Pro 6970)"
To print one file to virtual printer Microsoft Print to PDF (generally for text purpose, paper is quickly expensive)
python main.py -file "D:\my\system\path\to\file\pattern.ps" -printer "Microsoft Print to PDF" -virtual
There is another method to send the file to printer without adobe reader also, by SumatraPDF
install SumatraPDF application and add the SumatraPDF.exe location to the path
# import subprocess and os
import subprocess
import os
# file path
file_name = "Document.pdf"
if file_name:
print("exist")
# send data to the printer
try:
subprocess.call(['SumatraPDF.exe', '-print-to', "Barcode",
'-print-settings', "1x", file_name])
except BaseException as msg:
print(msg)
there is no need to have any adobe reader, and for every time it wont open the adobe reader to read data,
but issue is that should try on page orientation and page size,
but if those are same always for pdf seems we can change in the printer properties directly,
only to add exe path to the file path in system
thats it
So this isn't exactly silently, but it will automatically dismiss the dialog box and print anyway, also has a weird dependency on selenium that you wouldn't expect per se, but this actually worked for me since I was in a world where I wasn't allowed to download ghostscript nor could I download adobe's pdf reader. I thought it might help someone else out there, somewhere, some place, some time...
from selenium import webdriver
import win32com.client
import win32print
import time
def printpdf(pdf,printer):
current_printer = win32print.GetDefaultPrinter()
win32print.SetDefaultPrinter(printer)
driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get(pdf)
time.sleep(1) #Adjust as necessary
shell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
shell.SendKeys('^p')
time.sleep(1) #Adjust as necessary
shell.SendKeys('{ENTER}') #dismiss the print dialog box
driver.close()
win32print.SetDefaultPrinter(current_printer)
If you have Adobe try this:
import win32api
import winreg
import subprocess
import time
def get_adobe_executable():
with winreg.ConnectRegistry(None, winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE) as conn:
with winreg.OpenKey(conn, r'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\AcroRd32.exe', 0, winreg.KEY_READ) as hkey:
value = winreg.QueryValue(hkey, None)
if value:
value = '"{}"'.format(value)
return value.strip()
return None
def print_pdf_file(file, printer_name=None, secs=5):
cmd = get_adobe_executable()
if cmd is None:
return False
if printer_name:
cmd = '{} /h /t "{}" "{}"'.format(cmd, file, printer_name)
else:
cmd = '{} /p /h "{}"'.format(cmd, file)
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd)
time.sleep(secs)
proc.kill()
return True
if __name__ == "__main__":
print_pdf_file("doc.pdf") # print with default printer
print_pdf_file("doc.pdf", "HP LaserJet Pro M102") # setting the printer name
get_adobe_executable
Get the Adobe from the registry(you can also get the print command like the one that you right click the pdf file and select Print from the menu but I wanted to just get the path then configure it according to the printer configuration)
print_pdf_file
If you don't set the printer_name variable, Adobe will print with the default printer
After executing the print command it will wait 5 seconds and then close Adobe program, Adobe it does not have command line option (as today of writing) to exit after printing the file, here you can see the command line options
i'm building tester for programs in different languages, but I'm not able to get C program working, currently the command is called like this:
codeResult = subprocess.run(self.createRunCommand(currLanguage, file),
input = codeToTest,
shell = True,
timeout = TIMEOUT,
capture_output=True)
and createRunCommand() returns:
def createRunCommand(self, language, file):
if language == '.py':
command = f'python {file}'
elif language == '.c':
if not os.path.exists(f'C:/<myPath>/{file}.out'):
command = f'gcc -std=c11 {file} -o C:/<myPath>/{file}.out \
./C:/<myPath>/{file}.out'
else:
command = f'./C:/<myPath>/{file}.out'
elif language == '.java':
command = f''
elif language == '.cpp':
command = f''
return command
the input and test itself is good, as it runs correctly with a python program, but I cannot figure out how to setup C (and probably other compiled first languages).
You'll need multiple command invocations for (e.g.) C/C++, so have your createRunCommand return multiple.
I also changed things up here to
automatically figure out the language from the extension of the filename
use a list of arguments instead of a string; it's safer
use sys.executable for the current Python interpreter, and shutil.which("gcc") to find gcc.
import os
import shlex
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
def get_commands(file):
"""
Get commands to (compile and) execute `file`, as a list of subprocess arguments.
"""
ext = os.path.splitext(file)[1].lower()
if ext == ".py":
return [(sys.executable, file)]
if ext in (".c", ".cpp"):
exe_file = f"{file}.exe"
return [
(shutil.which("gcc"), "-std=c11", file, "-o", exe_file),
(exe_file,),
]
raise ValueError(f"Unsupported file type: {ext}")
filename = "foo.py"
for command in get_commands(filename):
print(f"Running: {shlex.join(command)}")
code_result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True)
I have completed a py file as follow:
import re
file = open('/Path/text1.txt')
word = 'summer flowers'
try :
flag = 0
for line in file :
lines = line.lower()
x=re.findall('.*'+word+'\s.*',lines)
if len(x)>0:
flag =1
print line
else:
flag = flag
if flag == 0:
print 'No match!'
except:
print 'No enough arguments!'
I have saved above py file as test1.py. My question is that: How to type above code in the cmd line?
e.g. I hope to input the code:
" test1.py 'summer flowers', text1.txt "
in the cmd to execute above code
where test1.py is the file name of the py file, 'summer flowers' is the key word I want to search and match in the txt file and text1.txt is the txt file name.
import re
import sys
file = sys.argv[2]
word = sys.argv[1]
try :
flag = 0
for line in file :
lines = line.lower()
x=re.findall('.*'+word+'\s.*',lines)
if len(x)>0:
flag =1
printline
else:
flag = flag
if flag == 0:
print 'No match!'
except:
print 'No enough arguments!'
Use sys to deal with command line stuff. sys.argv returns a list of the arguments from the command line and since you wanted to run it in cmd line use python script_name.py keyword filename don't need quotes for single words or commas. Also note sys.argv[0] is reserved for the file name so sys.argv returns ['script_name.py', 'keyword', 'filename'] if you ran the command above.
Edit:
Like the comment says if you want a phrase instead of a word you can use quotes in the commend line so:
python script_name.py "my phrase" filename
will return in sys.argv as ['script_name.py', 'my phrase', 'filename']
Using the sys module. Specifically, sys.argv
From the docs:
sys.argv
The list of command line arguments passed to a Python script. argv[0] is the script name (it is operating system dependent whether this is a full pathname or not). If the command was executed using the -c command line option to the interpreter, argv[0] is set to the string '-c'. If no script name was passed to the Python interpreter, argv[0] is the empty string.
Duplicate edit: no, i did that but it doesnt want to launch firefox.
I am making a cortana/siri assistant thing, and I want it to lets say open a web browser when I say something. So I have done the if part, but I just need it to launch firefox.exe I have tried different things and I get an error . Here is the code. Please help! It works with opening notepad but not firefox..
#subprocess.Popen(['C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe']) opens the app and continues the script
#subprocess.call(['C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe']) this opens it but doesnt continue the script
import os
import subprocess
print "Hello, I am Danbot.. If you are new ask for help!" #intro
prompt = ">" #sets the bit that indicates to input to >
input = raw_input (prompt) #sets whatever you say to the input so bot can proces
raw_input (prompt) #makes an input
if input == "help": #if the input is that
print "*****************************************************************" #says that
print "I am only being created.. more feautrues coming soon!" #says that
print "*****************************************************************" #says that
print "What is your name talks about names" #says that
print "Open (name of program) opens an application" #says that
print "sometimes a command is ignored.. restart me then!"
print "Also, once you type in a command, press enter a couple of times.."
print "*****************************************************************" #says that
raw_input (prompt) #makes an input
if input == "open notepad": #if the input is that
print "opening notepad!!" #says that
print os.system('notepad.exe') #starts notepad
if input == "open the internet": #if the input is that
print "opening firefox!!" #says that
subprocess.Popen(['C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'])
The short answer is that os.system doesn't know where to find firefox.exe.
A possible solution would be to use the full path. And it is recommended to use the subprocess module:
import subprocess
subprocess.call(['C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe'])
Mind the \\ before the firefox.exe! If you'd use \f, Python would interpret this as a formfeed:
>>> print('C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe')
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
irefox.exe
And of course that path doesn't exist. :-)
So either escape the backslash or use a raw string:
>>> print('C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe')
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
>>> print(r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe')
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Note that using os.system or subprocess.call will stop the current application until the program that is started finishes. So you might want to use subprocess.Popen instead. That will launch the external program and then continue the script.
subprocess.Popen(['C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe', '-new-tab'])
This will open firefox (or create a new tab in a running instance).
A more complete example is my open utility I publish via github. This uses regular expressions to match file extensions to programs to open those files with. Then it uses subprocess.Popen to open those files in an appropriate program. For reference I'm adding the complete code for the current version below.
Note that this program was written with UNIX-like operating systems in mind. On ms-windows you could probably get an application for a filetype from the registry.
"""Opens the file(s) given on the command line in the appropriate program.
Some of the programs are X11 programs."""
from os.path import isdir, isfile
from re import search, IGNORECASE
from subprocess import Popen, check_output, CalledProcessError
from sys import argv
import argparse
import logging
__version__ = '1.3.0'
# You should adjust the programs called to suit your preferences.
filetypes = {
'\.(pdf|epub)$': ['mupdf'],
'\.html$': ['chrome', '--incognito'],
'\.xcf$': ['gimp'],
'\.e?ps$': ['gv'],
'\.(jpe?g|png|gif|tiff?|p[abgp]m|svg)$': ['gpicview'],
'\.(pax|cpio|zip|jar|ar|xar|rpm|7z)$': ['tar', 'tf'],
'\.(tar\.|t)(z|gz|bz2?|xz)$': ['tar', 'tf'],
'\.(mp4|mkv|avi|flv|mpg|movi?|m4v|webm)$': ['mpv']
}
othertypes = {'dir': ['rox'], 'txt': ['gvim', '--nofork']}
def main(argv):
"""Entry point for this script.
Arguments:
argv: command line arguments; list of strings.
"""
if argv[0].endswith(('open', 'open.py')):
del argv[0]
opts = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='open', description=__doc__)
opts.add_argument('-v', '--version', action='version',
version=__version__)
opts.add_argument('-a', '--application', help='application to use')
opts.add_argument('--log', default='warning',
choices=['debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error'],
help="logging level (defaults to 'warning')")
opts.add_argument("files", metavar='file', nargs='*',
help="one or more files to process")
args = opts.parse_args(argv)
logging.basicConfig(level=getattr(logging, args.log.upper(), None),
format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
logging.info('command line arguments = {}'.format(argv))
logging.info('parsed arguments = {}'.format(args))
fail = "opening '{}' failed: {}"
for nm in args.files:
logging.info("Trying '{}'".format(nm))
if not args.application:
if isdir(nm):
cmds = othertypes['dir'] + [nm]
elif isfile(nm):
cmds = matchfile(filetypes, othertypes, nm)
else:
cmds = None
else:
cmds = [args.application, nm]
if not cmds:
logging.warning("do not know how to open '{}'".format(nm))
continue
try:
Popen(cmds)
except OSError as e:
logging.error(fail.format(nm, e))
else: # No files named
if args.application:
try:
Popen([args.application])
except OSError as e:
logging.error(fail.format(args.application, e))
def matchfile(fdict, odict, fname):
"""For the given filename, returns the matching program. It uses the `file`
utility commonly available on UNIX.
Arguments:
fdict: Handlers for files. A dictionary of regex:(commands)
representing the file type and the action that is to be taken for
opening one.
odict: Handlers for other types. A dictionary of str:(arguments).
fname: A string containing the name of the file to be opened.
Returns: A list of commands for subprocess.Popen.
"""
for k, v in fdict.items():
if search(k, fname, IGNORECASE) is not None:
return v + [fname]
try:
if b'text' in check_output(['file', fname]):
return odict['txt'] + [fname]
except CalledProcessError:
logging.warning("the command 'file {}' failed.".format(fname))
return None
if __name__ == '__main__':
main(argv)
If you want to open Google or something on the web just import webbrowser and open the URL. I will give you a quick example.
import webbrowser
webbrowser.open("www.google.com")
You can open any program like this:
import subprocess
# This will pause the script until fortnite is closed
subprocess.call(['C:\Program Files\Fortnite\fortnite.exe'])
# But this will run fortnite and continue the script
subprocess.Popen(['C:\Program Files\Fortnite\fortnite.exe', '-new-tab'])
But here's How to find the .exe file of any program (Windows only)
I only know how to find the .exe file in windows
First, click the windows icon then write task manager, open it, then find Fortnite if there's an arrow on it's left click it, if there's another one click it.
Make sure that you press the More Details button at the bottom.
Then scroll to the side until you find Command line written on the top row, here there will be the path of the .exe file of every running task
There might be -(SOME_LETTER) but these are some options for choosing what the exe file will do when it's ran. These are different for every exe file
(Little tips)
You can press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the task manager.
Go in the task manager then press Options (at the top) then press Always on top, which will make the app appear on top of every thing which is pretty useful when an app crashes and you need to close it using the task manager
Thanks.
I have simple utility script that I use to download files given a URL. It's basically just a wrapper around the Linux binary "aria2c".
Here is the script named getFile:
#!/usr/bin/python
#
# SCRIPT NAME: getFile
# PURPOSE: Download a file using up to 20 concurrent connections.
#
import os
import sys
import re
import subprocess
try:
fileToGet = sys.argv[1]
if os.path.exists(fileToGet) and not os.path.exists(fileToGet+'.aria2'):
print 'Skipping already-retrieved file: ' + fileToGet
else:
print 'Downloading file: ' + fileToGet
subprocess.Popen(["aria2c-1.8.0", "-s", "20", str(fileToGet), "--check-certificate=false"]).wait() # SSL
except IndexError:
print 'You must enter a URI.'
So, for example, this command would download a file:
$ getFile http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Self-portrait_with_Felt_Hat_by_Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg
What I want to do is permit an optional second argument (after the URI) that is a quoted string. This string will be the new filename of the downloaded file. So, after the download finishes, the file is renamed according to the second argument. Using the example above, I would like to be able to enter:
$ getFile http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Self-portrait_with_Felt_Hat_by_Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg "van-Gogh-painting.jpg"
But I don't know how to take a quoted string as an optional argument. How can I do this?
Just test the length of sys.argv; if it is more than 2 you have an extra argument:
if len(sys.argv) > 2:
filename = sys.argv[2]
The shell will pass it as a second argument (normally) if you provide spaces between them.
For example, here is test.py:
import sys
for i in sys.argv:
print(i)
And here is the result:
$ python test.py url "folder_name"
test.py
url
folder_name
The quotes doesn't matter at all, as it's handled in the shell, not python. To get it, just take sys.argv[2].
Hope this helps!