I have a problem where I need to write a python script, which basically opens one terminal windows and starts a node js server in it, then opens another terminal windows and starts a java program in it.
If I run two subprocess.call() functions they operate in the same terminal window.
Is there a way I can do this?
Thanks.:)
Use subprocess.Popen:
This will create new window for each bot and run program in it. The -i option for python3 is to make the window interactive after the TestBot3.py script finishes.
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
bot1 = Popen(["lxterminal", "-e", "python3", "-i", "TestBot1.py"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
bot2 = Popen(["lxterminal", "-e", "python3", "-i", "TestBot2.py"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
bot3 = Popen(["lxterminal", "-e", "python3", "-i", "TestBot3.py"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
Or you can use from subprocess import call
call(["python3", "TestBot1.py"])
call(["python3", "TestBot2.py"])
call(["python3", "TestBot3.py"])
To open a terminal for each you can use gnome-terminal with -e Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal:
call(['gnome-terminal', '-e', "python3 TestBot1.py"])
call(['gnome-terminal', '-e', "python3 TestBot2.py"])
call(['gnome-terminal', '-e', "python3 TestBot3.py"])
