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execute command in gnome-terminal using python

I am trying to open one file from gnome-terminal using python. But I am not able to do it.It is just opening terminal and not opening file. I have tried like:

import os
os.system('gnome-terminal --working-directory = "folder_path" + "[-e, --command=" kate aaa.txt""')

Can anyone please help?

Solution

  • The problem is + "[-e, --command=" kate aaa.txt"", gnome-terminal doesn't know how to parse this + "[ and "", according to the manual, -e and --command mean the same thing:

    man gnome-terminal

...

       --command, -e=COMMAND
           Split the argument to this option into a program and arguments in the same way a shell
           would, and execute the resulting command-line inside the terminal.

           This option is deprecated. Instead, use -- to terminate the options, and put the program
           and arguments to execute after it: for example, instead of gnome-terminal -e "python3 -q",
           prefer to use gnome-terminal -- python3 -q.

           Note that the COMMAND is not run via a shell: it is split into words and executed as a
           program. If shell syntax is required, use the form gnome-terminal -- sh -c '...'.

    This works for me in Archlinux:

    import os
os.system('gnome-terminal --working-directory = /home/ramsay --command="kate 
os"')