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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T23:56:01+00:00 2026-05-16T23:56:01+00:00

How to call a shell script from python code?

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    2026-05-16T23:56:02+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 11:56 pm

    The subprocess module will help you out.

    Blatantly trivial example:

    >>> import subprocess
    >>> subprocess.call(['sh', './test.sh']) # Thanks @Jim Dennis for suggesting the []
    0 
    >>> 
    

    Where test.sh is a simple shell script and 0 is its return value for this run.

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