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Xcecution
Xcecution

Reputation: 1117

Unable to execute Python script from batch file

I'm trying to run a Python program from the command line so I created a batch file like so:

@py.exe C:\MyPythonScripts\program.py%*
@pause

The script should print a simple message, but when I type "program" in the Windows Run program cmd appears for a second and closes itself. What am I doing wrong?.

This is the code:

#!python3

def printPicnic(itemsDict,leftWidth,rightWidth):
    print('PICNIC ITEMS'.center(leftWidth + rightWidth,'-'))
    for k,v in itemsDict.items():
        print(k.ljust(leftWidth,'.') + str(v).rjust(rightWidth))

picnicItems = {'sandwiches':4, 'apples': 12, 'cups': 4, 'cookies':8000}
printPicnic(picnicItems,12,5)
printPicnic(picnicItems,20,6)

This is my PATH variable:

> C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
> Files\Intel\Shared
> Files\cpp\bin\Intel64;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS
> Client\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
> Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program
> Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\AMD\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program
> Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin;C:\MyPythonScripts;C:\Python34;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared
> Files\cpp\bin\Intel64;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS
> Client\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
> Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program
> Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\AMD\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files
> (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program
> Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin;C:\Python34\Scripts

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6714

Answers (3)

Sam Denty
Sam Denty

Reputation: 4085

Regarding your batch file, I would suggest perform these changes:

You were missing a space inbetween the path and the %*, also enclose the path in quotes to prevent it from breaking when spaces are in the path

@echo off
py.exe "C:\MyPythonScripts\program.py" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
pause

Upvotes: 4

aschipfl
aschipfl

Reputation: 34979

The problem in your batch file is a missing SPACE:

@rem               THERE MUST BE A SPACE:
@rem                                 |
@rem                                 V
@py.exe C:\MyPythonScripts\program.py %*
@pause

In addition, I strongly recommend to put quotation marks around paths in order to avoid trouble with white-spaces and other spacial characters.

Upvotes: 2

LetzerWille
LetzerWille

Reputation: 5668

You can do it using the following method :

@ECHO OFF
setlocal
set PYTHONPATH=C:\Python35 (you version of python)
C:\MyPythonScripts\program.py  %1<-- (you you have arg)  
endlocal

Upvotes: 0

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