Call Perl script from Python

Question

I\'ve got a Perl script that I want to invoke from a Python script. I\'ve been looking all over, and haven\'t been successful. I\'m basically trying to call the Perl scrip

Answer 1

You could try the subprocess.call() method. It won't return output from the command you're invoking, but rather the return code to indicate if the execution was successful.

var = "/some/file/path"
retcode = subprocess.call(["./uireplace.pl", var])
if retcode == 0:
    print("Passed!")
else:
    print("Failed!")

Make sure you're Perl script is executable. Otherwise, you can include the Perl interpreter in your command (something like this):

subprocess.call(["/usr/bin/perl", "./uireplace.pl", var])