I have a C file say, myfile.c
.
Now to compile I am doing : gcc myfile.c -o myfile
So now to run this I need to do : ./myfile inputFileName > outputFileName
Where inputFileName
and outputFileName
are 2 command line inputs.
Now I am trying to execute this within a python program and I am trying this below approach but it is not working properly may be due to the >
import subprocess import sys inputFileName = sys.argv[1]; outputFileName = sys.argv[2]; subprocess.run(['/home/dev/Desktop/myfile', inputFileName, outputFileName])
Where /home/dev/Desktop
is the name of my directory and myfile
is the name of the executable file.
What should I do?
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Answer
The >
that you use in your command is a shell-specific syntax for output redirection. If you want to do the same through Python, you will have to invoke the shell to do it for you, with shell=True
and with a single command line (not a list).
Like this:
subprocess.run(f'/home/dev/Desktop/myfile "{inputFileName}" > "{outputFileName}"', shell=True)
If you want to do this through Python only without invoking the shell (which is what shell=True
does) take a look at this other Q&A: How to redirect output with subprocess in Python?