Curly Braces in python Popen

Question

Running subprocess won\'t handle curly braces correctly

# Python 2.7.4

import subprocess
subprocess.Popen(\'ls src/*.cpp\',shell=True): 
src/tonemap.cpp src         


        

Answer 1

shell=True runs /bin/sh that doesn't support this syntax. Specify bash explicitly:

from subprocess import check_call

check_call('ls src/{t,p}*.cpp', shell=True, executable='/bin/bash')