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execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

Aug 24th, 2005

Hello,
I'm using PythonWin and I have a problem.
i don't know how to run script from Python shell Pythonwin Interactive Window).
For example I wrote this code (from tutorial):

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print 'Begining... now...'
 
for x in sys.argv:
    print x
import sys

print 'Begining... now...'

for x in sys.argv:
    print x

and I save it as Script.py in Folder Atest which is in Python24
However, I have a problem to run it with command line arguments.
I can do that by choosing File->Run and then to enter arguments,
but I'd like to find out how to to run script from shell.
At first, I thought the problem is because there is no defined path to folder Atest, but I saved file in Python24 folder but problem still exists.
I have been trying to execute script.py by typing
>>> script.py and keep getting the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'script' is not defined

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

Aug 24th, 2005

at the >>> prompt type the following:
execfile("script.py")
and press enter

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

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Originally Posted by vegaseat

at the >>> prompt type the following:
execfile("script.py")
and press enter

Thanks for the answer, but I still have problems, I can't figure out how to use it with arguments...

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

Aug 24th, 2005

Try this:
execfile("script.py argument1 argument2")
For the moment I don't have access to Python, let me know if it works.

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

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Originally Posted by vegaseat

Try this:
execfile("script.py argument1 argument2")
For the moment I don't have access to Python, let me know if it works.

I've tried that almost immediately after I saw that execfile() function. Unfortunately I'm getting message:
execfile("skripta.py arg1 arg2")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'skripta.py arg1 arg2'

(File is named skripta.py so this isn't mistake)

I found in documentation this
"execfile(...)
execfile(filename[, globals[, locals]])

Read and execute a Python script from a file.
The globals and locals are dictionaries, defaulting to the current
globals and locals. If only globals is given, locals defaults to it."

So probably execfile doesn't support args....

Thank you vegaseat, I'm very grateful for your help.

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

Aug 25th, 2005

Found this in my code library ...

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# run an external program from within Python code
# subprocess.call(["program-name", "param1", "param2"])
# safer than   os.system("program-name")
# new in Python24
 
import subprocess
subprocess.call(["D:/Python24/Python.exe", "Skripta.py", "arg1", "arg2"])
# run an external program from within Python code
# subprocess.call(["program-name", "param1", "param2"])
# safer than   os.system("program-name")
# new in Python24

import subprocess
subprocess.call(["D:/Python24/Python.exe", "Skripta.py", "arg1", "arg2"])

Where Skripta.py contains this code ...

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import sys
import time
 
print 'Beginning... now...'
 
for x in sys.argv:
    print x
 
time.sleep(5)  # 5 seconds to look at result
import sys
import time

print 'Beginning... now...'

for x in sys.argv:
    print x
    
time.sleep(5)  # 5 seconds to look at result

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

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Originally Posted by Micko

I've tried that almost immediately after I saw that execfile() function. Unfortunately I'm getting message:
execfile("skripta.py arg1 arg2")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'skripta.py arg1 arg2'

(File is named skripta.py so this isn't mistake)

I found in documentation this
"execfile(...)
execfile(filename[, globals[, locals]])

Read and execute a Python script from a file.
The globals and locals are dictionaries, defaulting to the current
globals and locals. If only globals is given, locals defaults to it."

So probably execfile doesn't support args....

Thank you vegaseat, I'm very grateful for your help.

Hello,

I met the same problem and here is the solution that I found:

execfile(filename)
functionname(argument)

Cheers.
m.

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Re: execute python script from shell/Interactive Window

Jan 31st, 2008

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