On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:00 AM, <tutor-requ...@python.org> wrote: > Send Tutor mailing list submissions to > tutor@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tutor-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tutor-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tutor digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: help with running perl script that writes to a text file > (Peter Otten) > 2. Re: help with running perl script that writes to a text file > (eryksun) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:12:54 +0100 > From: Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> > To: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] help with running perl script that writes to a > text file > Message-ID: <ketaav$cm5$1...@ger.gmane.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > 3n2 Solutions wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I want to automate the following manual process from DOS promp: >> >> c:/scripts/perl>perl fix.pl base.gtx >base.txt >> >> Here is my python script: >> >> path="c:/scripts/perl/" >> subprocess.call(['perl','fix.pl','base.gtx >base.txt',path]) >> >> I also tried this alternative: >> >> subprocess.Popen(['perl','fix.pl','base.gtx >base.txt',path]) #same >> result from this method. >> >> The above script generates the base.txt file but has no content in it. >> >> any ideas as to why the resulting text file is empty? Am I using the >> correct python commands to run the above manual process? > > I'm surprised that base.txt is generated at all, I'd expect fix.pl to look > for a file named "base.gtx >base.txt" and complain when it doesn't find > that. > > I think the following should work: > > with open("c:/scripts/perl/base.txt", "w") as f: > subprocess.check_call( > ["perl", > "c:/scripts/perl/fix.pl", > "c:/scripts/perl/base.gtx"], > stdout=f) > >
Peter, that did it! Thank you. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
