I have this gmt script named map.csh, this file will create a map. I want to run/execute it(map.csh) using python. I tried using subprocess.call but I got an error, "Exec format error"
import subprocess
subprocess.call(['./map.csh'])
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1Try `subprocess.call(['/usr/bin/env','csh','./map.csh'])` or edit `map.csh` and make the first line `#!/usr/bin/env csh` – Elliott Frisch May 28 '20 at 19:55
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@ElliottFrisch it works! Many thanks to you. I've added '/usr/bin/env','csh', – Dot Dot May 28 '20 at 20:50
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The first line of your script does not appear to be a shebang, since you know it is csh you can use env to invoke it for you. Like,
subprocess.call(['/usr/bin/env','csh','./map.csh'])
This will search for csh (it could be /bin/csh, /usr/bin/csh, etc).
I still recommend specifying a proper shebang as the first line of map.csh
#!/usr/bin/env csh
as that would follow the principle of least surprise.
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