Python script to type something in terminal

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I'm trying to make a python script that opens a separate terminal window and immediately enters a command without the user having to type anything.

I use os.system("gnome-terminal") to open the second terminal but I have no clue how to make it go ahead an enter a command. I tried os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'python ./example.py'") but it doesn't even open a second terminal, but while I have os.system("gnome-terminal") it opens one fine.

Thanks

Have a look here : how-can-i-spawn-new-shells-to-run-python-scripts-from-a-base-python-script — JazZ
– JazZ, Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 20:00

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:32:36Z

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you can try a few ways

such as:

os.system("gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c \"sudo apt-get update; exec bash\"'")

Although on windows i opt for a sub-process, heres an example from stack:

import subprocess as sub

sub.Popen('cmd /K dir')
sub.Popen(['cmd', '/K', 'dir'])

And replace dir with whichever command you wish to use. The /k is used to keep the commandline open and run the command.

here is some other links that answer the question fairly well most of the answers actually being valid, stackoverflow

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:32

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Awesome glad it worked! could you consider marking the question as solved if it worked?

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