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Summary

A Python wrapper library for subprocess module.

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Usage

Execute a command

Sample Code:
from subprocrunner import SubprocessRunner

runner = SubprocessRunner(["echo", "test"])
print(runner)
print(f"return code: {runner.run()}")
print(f"stdout: {runner.stdout}")

runner = SubprocessRunner(["ls", "__not_exist_dir__"])
print(runner)
print(f"return code: {runner.run()}")
print(f"stderr: {runner.stderr}")
Output:
SubprocessRunner(command='echo test', returncode='not yet executed')
return code: 0
stdout: test

SubprocessRunner(command='ls __not_exist_dir__', returncode='not yet executed')
return code: 2
stderr: ls: cannot access '__not_exist_dir__': No such file or directory

Execute a command with retries

Sample Code:
from subprocrunner import Retry, SubprocessRunner

SubprocessRunner(command).run(retry=Retry(total=3, backoff_factor=0.2, jitter=0.2))

Raise an exception when a command execution failed

Sample Code:
import sys
from subprocrunner import SubprocessRunner
from subprocrunner.error import CalledProcessError

runner = SubprocessRunner("ls not-exist-dir")

# raise an exception at run
try:
    runner.run(check=True)
except CalledProcessError as e:
    print(f"run(check=True): {e}\n{e.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)


# raise an exception after run
runner.run()
try:
    runner.raise_for_returncode()
except CalledProcessError as e:
    print(f"raise_for_returncode(): {e}\n{e.stderr}", file=sys.stderr)
Output:
run(check=True): Command 'ls not-exist-dir' returned non-zero exit status 2.
ls: cannot access 'not-exist-dir': No such file or directory

raise_for_returncode(): Command 'ls not-exist-dir' returned non-zero exit status 2.
ls: cannot access 'not-exist-dir': No such file or directory

dry run

Commands are not actually run when passing dry_run=True to SubprocessRunner class constructor.

Sample Code:
from subprocrunner import SubprocessRunner

runner = SubprocessRunner("echo test", dry_run=True)
print(runner)
print(f"return code: {runner.run()}")
print(f"stdout: {runner.stdout}")
Output:
SubprocessRunner(command='echo test', returncode='not yet executed', dryrun=True)
return code: 0
stdout:

Get execution command history

Sample Code:
from subprocrunner import SubprocessRunner

SubprocessRunner.clear_history()
SubprocessRunner.is_save_history = True

SubprocessRunner(["echo", "hoge"]).run()
SubprocessRunner(["echo", "foo"]).run()

print("\n".join(SubprocessRunner.get_history()))
Output:
echo hoge
echo foo

Get a command information

>>> from subprocrunner import Which
>>> which = Which("ls")
>>> which.is_exist()
True
>>> which.abspath()
'/usr/bin/ls'
>>> which
command=ls, is_exist=True, abspath=/usr/bin/ls

Installation

Install from PyPI

pip install subprocrunner

Install from PPA (for Ubuntu)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thombashi/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-subprocrunner

Dependencies

Optional dependencies

  • loguru
    • Used for logging if the package installed

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