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Running WinSCP command from Python

I have created the following command file with name submitCmd.txt:

open [email protected] -privatekey=C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\uploader\mykey.ppk
put C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\uploader\files2Upload\myFile.xlsx /mnt/data/myFolder/
close
exit

When I run the above script from command line as:

winscp.com /script=C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\uploader\submitCmd.txt

It runs successfully.

However, when I try the following in python:

cmdFile = r'C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\uploader\submitCmd.txt'
import subprocess
subprocess.run(["winscp.com", "/script=", cmdFile], shell=True)

I get the error:

Searching for host...
Host "C" does not exist.
winscp>
Solution

  • Your command will run WinSCP like this:

    winscp.com /script= C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\uploader\submitCmd.txt

    What is an invalid syntax. There cannot be the space after the /script=.

    This should work:

    subprocess.run(["winscp.com", "/script=" + cmdFile], shell=True)

    If you want to avoid creating a script file, see: From Python run WinSCP commands in console.