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Joseph Odeh
Joseph Odeh

Reputation: 25

Why will Python not let me open up Terminal?

I want to open Terminal in Python with some simple code and then have it run some commands. However, when I run the commands, nothing happens and Terminal doesn't open.

import os
os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"python ~/Documents/program.py; exec bash\"'")

I got this code from other questions on stackoverflow.com and they keep saying the code is working even though I'm doing the same thing as them, I think at least. Any thoughts? Also, I'm doing this all on macOS Sierra if that helps at all.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 359

Answers (2)

chickity china chinese chicken
chickity china chinese chicken

Reputation: 8047

All-in-one python script, without needing a separate bash script.

import os

os.system("""osascript -e 'tell app "Terminal"
             do script "python ~/Documents/program.py"
             end tell' """)

Open Terminal Sesame!

Adapted from this answer Opening a new terminal from the command line and running a command on Mac OS X

Upvotes: 2

PressingOnAlways
PressingOnAlways

Reputation: 12356

Where are you running this from? Is this from ssh? The program gnome-terminal has to have proper X11 Display to spawn the GUI on. Typically, this would be done by setting DISPLAY=:0.0 such as export DISPLAY=:0.0.

terminal -e will not work because it is not a command. gnome-terminal is a command that can be executed.

Upvotes: 0

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