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Extranoisy88
Extranoisy88

Reputation: 25

Make a python script that opens another python script

I am very disappointed that after looking for several hours, I have still not found an answer to: - Make a python script that opens another python script ?

Mabye I don't know how to search for stuff, but I am usually good at finding solutions online.

Any help would be gladly appreciated!

Here's my code:

import subprocess    
subprocess.Popen(['C:\Users\user\Documents\run.py'])

Here is the python file called "run.py"

print('Hello World!')

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 287

Answers (4)

KZiovas
KZiovas

Reputation: 4739

i find this to work and it looks clearer:

import subprocess
import pathlib


path_to_file=pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
script_path=f'{path_to_file}/your_script.py'

subprocess.run(['python',script_path])

Upvotes: 0

khaled hadjali
khaled hadjali

Reputation: 178

You can use the call library, it's pretty easy:

from subprocess import call

call(["python", "your_file.py"])

Upvotes: 4

MEdwin
MEdwin

Reputation: 2960

This is how I will go about it. Suppose you have two files: Main.py and run.py and will want Main.py to open and run this file run.py:

  1. this is the content of Main.py : it calls run.py through import (run.py file needs to be in the same folder)

import run

  1. this is your run.py

print('Hello World!')

Then you can run Main.py by calling python Main.py

the output will be : Hello World!

Let me know if it works.

Upvotes: 2

Shweta Chandel
Shweta Chandel

Reputation: 895

Try this:

your_cmd = "python3 path/to/file/run.py"
p = subprocess.Popen("exec " + your_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)

Upvotes: 1

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