execute

execute(cmd, cwd=None, shell=False, executable=None, hide_win=True, check=True, capture_output=False, timeout=None, env=None)

Launch an external process.

Parameters:

cmdstr

Command line to execute, e.g.: “echo 42”

cwdstr

Current directory of the executed command.

shellbool, default=False

If set to True, the command is started in a shell (bash).

executablestr, default=False

path to the shell. e.g. /bin/zsh.

hide_winstr, default=True

Hide cmd.exe popup on windows platform.

checkbool, default=True

If set to True: raise RuntimeError if return code of process != 0

capture_outputbool, default=False

Whether the output/error streams will be captured

timeoutint

Process timeout (Python >=3.3 only) On timeout and if psutil is available the children of the process are killed before the process itself

envdict, default=None

Environment variables mapping for the new process

Returns:

cpsubprocess.CompletedProcess

Process state info

Raises:

RuntimeError

could not run

Examples

>>> import openturns.coupling_tools as ct
>>> cp = ct.execute('echo 42', capture_output=True, shell=True)
>>> cp.returncode
0
>>> int(cp.stdout)
42

Examples using the function

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