problem with quote and single-quote when using "subprocess"

[Evan]

Hello -

i'm trying to call subprocess.popen on the 'command-based' function in
linux. When I run the command from the shell, like so:

goset -f ' "%s %s" name addr ' file_name

it works fine

however when I try to do it in python like so:

p = subprocess.Popen(["goest",'-f \'\"%s %s\" name addr\' ',
'file_name'], shell=True)

It always failed.

I also try like so:

p = subprocess.Popen(["goest","-f '\"%s %s\" name addr' ",
'file_name'], shell=True)

It also failed.

Does anybody have a good suggestion for this matter? thanks in
advance.

Evan

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:45:22 -0800, Evan wrote:

Hello -

i'm trying to call subprocess.popen on the 'command-based' function in
linux. When I run the command from the shell, like so:

goset -f ' "%s %s" name addr ' file_name

it works fine

however when I try to do it in python like so:

p = subprocess.Popen(["goest",'-f \'\"%s %s\" name addr\' ',
'file_name'], shell=True)

It always failed.

Yes because ``goset`` (I guess "goest" was a typo!?) has no option
`'-f '"%s %s" name addr' `. And you should decide if you want to split
the arguments yourself or if you want to use the shell. Mixing both
doesn't make much sense.

If *you* split the arguments, the call should look like this:

p = subprocess.Popen(['goset', '-f', ' "%s %s" name addr ', 'file_name'])

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch