How to run python script with multiple arguments in bash for loop?

Question

I have a python script that I'd like to run in bash for loop in parallel. Python script takes multiple arguments as inputs via sys.argv[x]. For example, I'd like to run in bash for loop these lines:

python py_script.py a b c &
python py_script.py d e f &
python py_script.py g h i

How could I accomplish this? Thank you in advance.

The arguments are strings and float vectors as inputs from keyboard. — Rok Petric, Aug 02 '20 at 11:40
From bash I'd normally run the script sth like this: python py_scritp.py 'MON' 1.234 [1.,2.,3.,4.]. Please also see my comment below. — Rok Petric, Aug 02 '20 at 12:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '20 at 10:38

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What do you want achieve when running this program? If you want those files to open/run i can show you a method but otherwise i don't know. Sorry :(

Heres how to run a .py file:

from subprocess import call # Importing the call function

call(["python", "file.py"]) # Calling the file to open

answered Aug 02 '20 at 10:38

Python_user_3

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I'd like to have some user friendly script in similar form to this: args = [ [a,b,c], [d,e,f], [h,g,i] ] for arg in args; do python py_script.py arg & done Unfortunately this does not work. – Rok Petric Aug 02 '20 at 11:41
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okay i'll try and find a solution to your question :) – Python_user_3 Aug 02 '20 at 14:29

How to run python script with multiple arguments in bash for loop?

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