subprocess.Popen in different console
popen, python, python-2.7, subprocess
Solution
from subprocess import *
c = 'dir' #Windows
handle = Popen(c, stdin=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
print handle.stdout.read()
handle.flush()
If you don't use `shell=True` you'll have to supply `Popen()` with a list instead of a command string, example:
c = ['ls', '-l'] #Linux
and then open it without shell.
handle = Popen(c, stdin=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
print handle.stdout.read()
handle.flush()
This is the most manual and flexible way you can call a subprocess from Python. If you just want the output, go for:
from subproccess import check_output
print check_output('dir')
To open a new console GUI window and execute X:
import os
os.system("start cmd /K dir") #/K remains the window, /C executes and dies (popup)
Problem
I hope this is not a duplicate. I'm trying to use `subprocess.Popen()` to open a script in a separate console. I've tried setting the `shell=True` parameter but that didn't do the trick. I use a 32 bit Python 2.7 on a 64 bit Windows 7.