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Open cmd with Python Os.system and run commands inside the new opened cmd
I need to click in a button to call a python function (i did this), but now :
I need a python script to open a new cmd, and in the opened cmd i want to do 2 commands :
Cd and run a python file
This ...
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How to use set environment variables as argument for command line scripts through python script
I'm writing a script to convert files from one format to other, say from t1 to t2. The conversion uses a shell script, to call this I need to set few variables and later pass the files(t1) as ...
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run setenv linux command in python script [duplicate]
I want to run setenv command through python script, the linux command is as below
setenv MODEL path/to/the/model
I tried using os.environ(), but I couldn't get the right syntax.
note - I'm using ...
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Python script unable to find locate downloads folder and open file
I am writing some automation code using python 2.7 and packages glob, webbrowser, and os to download links using google chrome. I have no issues downloading the file, but once downloaded, my script ...
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How to execute another python file and then close the existing one?
I am working on a program that requires to call another python script and truncate the execution of the current file. I tried doing the same using the os.close() function. As follows:
def ...
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identify a file with specific chars present in it and rename the file
I am trying to find and rename below files using below script
IYBR2C.YGPSWS.SL.1.M.20190503170641.csv to SAK_BB_AL.csv
QWEJ1P.YGPSWS.SL.1.M.20190508122932.csv to SAM_SG_MO.csv
SCPR1C.YGPSWS.SL.1.T....
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Renaming files os.rename() to timestamps returns weird string
So I am trying to rename some files to the time in their creation date using os.stat("file").st_stat. Then I pop the superfluous information, I only need the time because they are already sorted by ...
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How to rename/replace a particular keyword with unicode character for all files and the associated folders?
I have the following files and subdirectories in a directory ('input_folder') and I would like to change the name of all the files with '.dat' extension and all the folders that have a particular ...
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Compare previous file size with the current filesize and flag
I have a bash script which loops through all YAML files in the yaml directory, executing a python script. This python scripts simply prints out if the JSON file exists along with its file size as well ...
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os and subprocess not finding binaries on Windows 10 anymore
Okay so my best guess currently is that I've severely screwed up my python environment somehow and I have no idea how.
First off, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling (actually upgrading from ...
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How to ignore hidden files when using os.stat() results in Python?
I'm trying to get the time of last modification (os.stat.st_mtime) of a particular directory. My issue is I have added a few metadata files that are hidden (they start with .). If I use os.stat(...
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How to read file Attribute such as "Author" or "Creator" in a directory using Python?
I am trying to fetch the modified date and Author of the files in a folder.
import os
PATH="my folder/books"
my_list= os.listdir(PATH)
Let us suppose
customer details.xlsx
is one of the files ...
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Getting error regarding "os" module of python
I am using python2.7 on ubuntu system. I am getting following errors while working with "os":
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fsencode'
On this line:
directory=os.fsencode(indir)
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How to get the filesystem's root directory in Python?
Situation: I need to find the top level [root] directory of any operating system using the most Pythonic way possible, without system calls.
Problem: While I can check for the operating system using ...
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How to access file in parent directory using python?
I am trying to access a text file in the parent directory,
Eg : python script is in codeSrc & the text file is in mainFolder.
script path:
G:\mainFolder\codeSrc\fun.py
desired file path:
G:\...
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