execfile is a Python 2.x. built-in function that executes Python scripts from files.
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Node.js child_process.execFile() not working with own .exe
I am just trying to dive into Node.js and I am testing basic functionalities that I consider helpful to accomplish my project. One of them would be executing a small .exe file I coded in C++ that processes data from text files. I figured out that…
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How can I use child_process to run a bash script that returns a list of values?
How can I call the execFile method from child_process to run a bash script that returns a list of values?
My bash file (test.sh) returns a list of 8 values but the below script is printing only the last item of the list.
const { execFile } =…
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Python 2.4: Speed of imports in normal script vs imports in execfile'd script
I've just stumbled across something that makes no sense to me. Where I work, we have a number of Python CGI webpages (just a simple Apache server setup, not running Django / Turbogears or the like) and I've been getting a bit frustrated with how…
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How to run python scripts one after the other by selecting the tests using easygui?
I am using the following code to select the tests i want to run one after the another.
from easygui import *
import sys,os
msg="Select following tests for testing"
title="Test…
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Python script runs twice in Autodesk Maya when sent with execfile
I need to send a script to Maya from an external software written in Maya. I tried to do this with a small example:
import socket
import time
from os.path import abspath
ADDR=('127.0.0.1',666)
def execute_file(fileFullPath):
client =…
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No module named ... When I call a script via execfile(pyscript)
I have a question about executing a script via execfile() in Python
My main script is located at home/pi/var/www/html/main.py. My second script is home/pi/start.py and includes several modules.
When I execfile("/home/pi/start.py") I get this…
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How to stop a python subprocess which is running unit tests right away? Terminate and kill not working
I have a Tkinter GUI running two threads, the main tread for the GUI and a worker thread. The worker thread creates a subprocess using the following code:
myProcess = subprocess.Popen(['python', '-u', 'runTests.py'],
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Execfile running the file twice when used with import
I want to have a textbox and a button in my GUI and on clicking the button, it should take the text and store it in a variable for some other file and run the other file.
I want the user to enter an access token and the GUI should save it in the…
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How do I reference several scripts with similar names in Python with a "for" statement?
I want to execute several .py files that have similar names. The goal is call on a1.py, a2.py, and a3.py. I've tried what is below, but I can't get it to work. How do I insert each element in "n" into the filename to execute several scripts? Thanks…
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Functions defined in dynamically-loaded scripts cannot refer to each other
I'm trying to load functions from a script dynamically when I'm inside an ipython interactive shell. For example, suppose I have a python script like this:
# script.py
import IPython as ip
def Reload():
execfile('routines.py', {}, globals())
if…
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how to exit python execfile() with out exiting whole script
I have a code which runs mutile python codes such as below:
execfile("1.py")
execfile("2.py")
execfile("3.py")
however occasionally one of the above codes as an error, i put exit('error') in the code to cancell if there is an error. However i want…
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Calling python compiled files in Python 3
I have multiple Python versions installed (2.7 and 3.4)
I want to run a .pyc with specified version of Python
#! C:\python34\python
import sys
print("Hello",sys.version.split()[0])
input()
This sheebang works fine on Windows because I use…
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Python interpreter's relationship with scripts
In my current directory, I have a foo1.py script and a directory named other with a foo2.py script inside.
Now:
I launch the interpreter, and using execfile I can launch both scripts. The thing is, when I edit and save foo1.py, I don't have to…
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python: functions *sometimes* maintain a reference to their module
If I execfile a module, and remove all (of my) reference to that module, it's functions continue to work as expected. That's normal.
However, if that execfile'd module imports other modules, and I remove all references to those modules, the…
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Script calling multiple other scripts erroring due to undefined functions
I'm unsure again with something what I'm sure is going to be very simple...
Basically, I'm trying to make my first script call/execute a bunch of other scripts but the problem is I want each individual script to contain its own functions not be…
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