How to pass a multiline arg to exec('some.exe arg')?

[n00m]

os:windows
ml = 'line1 \n line2 \n line3 \n'
exec('some.exe "' + ml + '"')

and some.exe get only 'line1'...

 

[n00m]

Hint:
for some reason in VBScript it works fine.
What makes it different, with Python?
I tried all possible ways to combine quotes, ' and ",
with no avail

 

[alexelder]

os:windows
ml = 'line1 \n line2 \n line3 \n'
exec('some.exe "' + ml + '"')

and some.exe get only 'line1'...

I think your problem lies with your "\n", escape chars. Assuming these
are not arguments and are indeed separating statements, I suggest
replacing "\n", with "&". That way, the command shell probably wont
complain.

An example:
ml = 'line1 & line2 & line3'

Alex.

 

[Peter Otten]

os:windows
ml = 'line1 \n line2 \n line3 \n'
exec('some.exe "' + ml + '"')

and some.exe get only 'line1'...

My crystall ball says you want

subprocess.call(["some.exe", ml])

exec is a python statement that executes python code.

Peter

 

[n00m]

actually, it's this doesn't work (again, in VBS the "same"
construction works properly):

f = os.popen('osql -E -S(local) -dpubs -w800 -Q"' + query + '"', 'r')

res=f.readlines()

=======
here "query" is a multiline string like:

select getdate()

select 555*666

select getdate()

 

[n00m]

it can be done like this:

osql=popen2.popen2('osql -E -S(local) -dpubs -c"GO" -n -
w800')
osql[1].write(query+'\nGO\n')
osql[1].close()
res=osql[0].readlines()
osql[0].close()
res=join(res,'')

btw, is it necessarily to close() osql[1] in order to get res?
without close() the script seems is waiting for smth.
I'd like to get "res" in a loop:
write()
read()
write()
read()
....
is it possible?