Running bash script from within python

Question

I have a problem with the following code:

callBash.py:

import subprocess
print \"start\"
subprocess.call(\"sleep.sh\")
print \"end\"         


        

Answer 1

Make sure that sleep.sh has execution permissions, and run it with shell=True:

#!/usr/bin/python

import subprocess
print "start"
subprocess.call("./sleep.sh", shell=True)
print "end"