Run a powershell script from python where the path contains spaces

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I've found that python can run other programs using the subprocess module. I want to use python to run a powershell script that is in a directory location that contains spaces. How do I handle the spaces in the python script below?

import subprocess
powershellExeLocation = r"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
powershellScriptLocation = r"C:\Users\username\Documents\testPowershell.ps1"
print('running script with no spaces')
#this works
subprocess.run([powershellExeLocation, powershellScriptLocation])
#this doesn't work
print('running script with spaces')
powershellScriptLocationWithSpaces = r"C:\Users\username\path with spaces\testPowershell.ps1"
subprocess.run([powershellExeLocation, powershellScriptLocationWithSpaces])

joao · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-19 21:43:23Z

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Try this:

subprocess.run([powershellExeLocation, "-File", powershellScriptLocationWithSpaces])

answered Feb 19, 2021 at 21:43

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John Gordon · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-19 19:44:09Z

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The script location needs a set of literal quotes around it, so powershell.exe knows to treat it as one single filename.

subprocess.run([powershellExeLocation, '"' + powershellScriptLocationWithSpaces + '"'])

answered Feb 19, 2021 at 19:44

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Lee Exothermix Over a year ago

This doesn't work for me. I added quotes as shown to paths with and without spaces and it broke the ability to run the script in both cases.

Lee Exothermix Over a year ago

There is no error produced, but it behaves as if the path to the powershell script was not found - the powershell window opens and closes immediately, rather than running the script.

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