How to call an application from a Python script

Question

I would like to change the output file names using a Python script, then do an image processing task. However, I am getting this error:

> unindent does not match any outer indentation level

This is my code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import glob
import os

files=glob.glob("*.hdr")
for file in files:
    new_file = file.replace("hdr","exr")
    print(new_file)

 os.system("pfsin %s | pfsoutexr --compression NO %s" (file, new_file))

There's an extra space before os.system. Also, "pfsin %s | pfsoutexr --compression NO %s" (file, new_file) will result in another error. I think you forgot %: ...NO %s" % (file, new_file)). — vaultah
– vaultah, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 15:08
Thanks @vaultah, now the error is TypeError: 'str' object is not callable. — Cagri
– Cagri, Commented Nov 12, 2015 at 15:10

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:59:28Z

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Python cares about indentation - I believe you want this:

files=glob.glob("*.hdr")
for file in files:
    new_file = file.replace("hdr","exr")
    print(new_file)

    os.system("pfsin %s | pfsoutexr --compression NO %s" % (file, new_file))

Also, note that I believe you were missing a % in --compression NO %s" % (file, new_file) (which is why you would get the ''str' object is not callable' error). That % sign is a string formatting operator - see the second part of this answer.

Note the extra spaces before the os.system() call. If you were to do it another way:

files=glob.glob("*.hdr")
for file in files:
    new_file = file.replace("hdr","exr")
    print(new_file)

os.system("pfsin %s | pfsoutexr --compression NO %s" % (file, new_file))

I believe it wouldn't run - new_file wouldn't be available to the os.system call outside of the for loop.

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:59

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