Permission denied when using bash command in Python

Question

I have a python script which looks something like this.

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

process = Popen(['git log'], stdout=PIPE,stderr=PIPE)
stdout, stderr = process.communicate()

I am getting "Permission denied" when running this script.

Can you please verify that the problem occurs on the script as posted, and not just on your full version? Can you also include the command you used to run it, and the complete and unabbreviated error messages? — that other guy
– that other guy, Commented Oct 10, 2018 at 18:20

tripleee · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-10 18:30:11Z

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There is no command whose name is git log; you want the command git with the argument log.

Tangentially, if you are on Python 3.5 or higher, you want to upgrade to subprocess.run().

from subprocess import run, PIPE

result = run(['git', 'log'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, text=True, check=True)
stdout = result.stdout
stderr = result.stderr

edited Oct 10, 2018 at 18:30

answered Oct 10, 2018 at 18:20

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that other guy Over a year ago

Why would it give a "permission denied" instead of a "No such file or directory" though?

tripleee Over a year ago

I dunno; indeed, I get "no such file or directory". Maybe the OP is on some godforsaken "personal productivity" platform?

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