Just started Python again and now I'm already stuck on the following...
I'm trying to use subprocess.Popen with a variable with a whitespace in it (a Windows path).
Doing a print on the variable the variable seems to work fine. But when using the variable in subprocess.Popen
, the variable is cut off by the first whitespace.
Below a part of the script (the variable 'image_file' contains the Windows Path(s) with spaces)
def start_phone(image_file):
cmd = tar_exe + " -tf "+ image_file
print (cmd)
subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True)
How can I use subprocess with a variable with whitespaces (path) in it?
You can either put double quotes around each argument with potential white spaces in it:
cmd = f'"{tar_exe}" -tf "{image_file}"'
subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True)
or don't use shell=True
and instead put arguments in a list:
subprocess.Popen([tar_exe, '-tf', image_file])