Why does this command work on my terminal but not in my code?

Question

This doesn't work and says that there's no such file or directory

current_conecctions = subprocess.Popen("netstat -p udp",shell = False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()

While netstat -p udp works perfectly in the terminal.

You probably want to avoid `Popen` anyway; see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4256107/running-bash-commands-in-python — tripleee, Oct 23 '18 at 03:33

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '18 at 03:19

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Try to use a list of parameters instead of a single string:

command = ["netstat", "-p", "udp"]
current_conecctions = subprocess.Popen(command, shell = False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read()

answered Oct 23 '18 at 03:19

Hemerson Tacon

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