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Ced
Ced

Reputation: 1529

Run python script on Windows 10

I am trying to run a simple Python script which runs the ipconfig /all command as a proof of concept.

You can find it below:

from subprocess import PIPE, run

my_command = "ipconfig /all"
result = run(my_command, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
print(result.stdout, result.stderr)

But I didn't suceed to run it, I tryed both with the command line and by clicking on it but it open a cmd window for 1 second, and then close it so I cannot even read it.

Edit: I am using Python 3.7 and my script is called ipconfig.py

Upvotes: 1

Views: 22821

Answers (2)

CristiFati
CristiFati

Reputation: 41116

Apparently, your problem is not related to the script itself, but rather to Python interpreter invocation. Check [Python 3.Docs]: How do I run a Python program under Windows?.
A general approach would be to:

  • Open a cmd (PS) window in your script directory

  • Launch Python (using its full path: check [Python 3.Docs]: Using Python on Windows for more details) on your module (e.g.):

    "C:\Program Files\Python37-64\python.exe" ipconfig.py

Of course, there are many ways to improve things, like adding its installation directory in %PATH% (if not already there) in order to avoid specifying its full path every time 1, but take one step at a time.

On the script side: check [Python 3.Docs]: subprocess.run(args, *, stdin=None, input=None, stdout=None, stderr=None, capture_output=False, shell=False, cwd=None, timeout=None, check=False, encoding=None, errors=None, text=None, env=None, universal_newlines=None) (and the examples):

  • Pass the arguments as a list:

    my_command = ["ipconfig", "/all"]

  • You might also want to check the command termination status (result.returncode)

1: If you didn't check Add Python 3.7 to PATH when installing it (check image from 2nd URL), you have to add Python's path (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37) manually. There are many resources on the web, here are 3:

Upvotes: 2

danielfcand
danielfcand

Reputation: 86

Your code is working good. The problem is that the cmd closes the window too fast and you can't see the result. Just add a command to wait for your interaction before closing the window.

You can add this at the end of your code:

input("Press Enter to finish...")

Or pause the execution after completion:

import time

[at the end of the code pause for 5 seconds....]

time.sleep(5)

Upvotes: 1

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