ADB command exec-out in subprocess.Popen() not working

Question

I am trying to pull a screenshot from an ADB device connected from python.

Instead of capturing and pulling it from the device which works well, I tried to use exec-out

adb exec-out screencap -p > D:\\Screenshot.png

This works from command prompt but when I try this from python subprocess, screenshot is not fetched

 args = ['adb','exec-out','screencap','-p','>','D:\\Screenshot.png']
 cmdp = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)

 self.__output, self.__error = cmdp.communicate()
 retcode = cmdp.wait()

The code executes without any error but the screenshot is not pulled.

Please help :)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '18 at 12:33

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Please try with shell=True for subprocess.Popen.

answered Aug 07 '18 at 12:33

Sreejith

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it works.... :) – Azeeb Aug 07 '18 at 12:34
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@Azeeb - can you post the working code? – dazza5000 May 24 '19 at 18:27
subprocess.run(['adb', 'exec-out', 'screencap', '-p', '>', 'screen.png'],shell=True) – Sahar Millis May 19 '21 at 22:57

ADB command exec-out in subprocess.Popen() not working

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