I tried the below approach to open a command prompt and run a sample command. But it immediately closes: import os # as of now i am just passing cd /../, later will be changing to a different command os.system("start /wait cmd /c {cd /../}") I also tried this way, but this opens two command shells:

Nov 5, 2013 · Which python do you have installed? You don't want to save files in c:\program files under windows. That isn't a good practice. Setting up a dev directory like you did or under your user directory is a much better option. Have you added python to the path setting? If you start a command prompt (cmd.exe, not IDLE and type python, what do

Jul 23, 2012 · os.system("start cmd /c {command here}") # Launches in new command prompt, closes when done However, os system won't let me wait until the command finishes (since start is the actual command, the second it opens the new command prompt it's "done") Similarly if I try:

Mar 30, 2011 · import os os.system('"some cmd command here"') for example to open my web browser I can use this: os.system(r'"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"') (Edit) for an easier way to open your browser I can use this: import webbrowser webbrowser.open('website or leave it alone if you only want to open the browser')

Jun 16, 2009 · Run the program from an already-open terminal. Open a command prompt and type: python myscript.py For that to work you need the python executable in your path. Just check on how to edit environment variables on Windows, and add C:\PYTHON26 (or whatever directory you installed python to).

Jun 9, 2017 · Make sure that assoc .pyw is set to Python.NoConFile and that the command for ftype Python.NoConFile has the args "%1" %*. Prior to 3.3 the default command runs pythonw.exe (make sure it's the right version), and for 3.3+ it runs pyw.exe. –

Jan 7, 2011 · - Open the command prompt and navigate to Python37/XX folder using cd command. - Write the following statement:-"python.exe Tools\Scripts\win_add2path.py" You can now use python in the command prompt:) 1. Using Shell Type python in cmd and use it. 2. Executing a .py file Type python filename.py to execute it.

Aug 27, 2023 · We're using .popen() to open a new command prompt window and run a Python command inside it. The /C option is used to close the command prompt window after the command is run. The python command uses the -c option to specify a Python command to run. After that, we import the hello method that you created.

Oct 13, 2012 · Indeed, the command to run a Python file should be run in the command prompt. Python should be in your path variable for it to work flexible. When the python folder is added to path you can call python everywhere in the command prompt, otherwise just in your python install folder. The following is from the python website:

Mar 9, 2017 · This pops up a list of all programs - select python, and check the box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" and then click OK. Checking this box resets file associations and fixes this problem for the command line. The problem can arise again if you tell Windows to open up .py files in a text editor as default.