How to call command prompt functions?

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The python documentation for this is very dry, I was wondering if you guys could help me.

My goal is to make python execute commands that I would normally execute in the command prompt. (I'm running windows)

If I run

import subprocess
proc = subprocess.Popen("C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe")

It opens the command prompt. Is there a way to get the program to write in something like "dir C"?

There's a library in the Standard Library for that: [subprocess.py](https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html) — Vinícius Figueiredo, Oct 03 '17 at 20:26
Possible duplicate of [Running windows shell commands with python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14894993/running-windows-shell-commands-with-python) — Vinícius Figueiredo, Oct 03 '17 at 20:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '17 at 21:47

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You can use the os library:

import os
os.system('dir C')

If you want to open a new command prompt and run a command in it, then I can't help you there. I tried to figure that out for macOS a while ago to no avail.

answered Oct 03 '17 at 21:47

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