Pass command line argument with quotes

[koticphreak]

I'm relatively new to Python and have googled around enough to understand in general how to use os.system and subprocess, but struggling to essentially send a command like this via my python script:

C:\Program Files\Editor\Editor.exe C:\Downloads\123.pdf

When I type that into my cmd, it opens 123.pdf with Editor.

Thanks in advance!

[Gribouillis]

but struggling to essentially send a command like this

We don't see much of the struggle. What have you tried with python code?

[koticphreak]

What have you tried with python code?

subprocess.call(["C:\Program Files\Editor\Editor.exe", "C:\Downloads\123.pdf"])

[ichabod801]

Backslashes in strings indicate special characters, so your string does not contain the characters you think it does. There are a few ways to solve this:

subprocess.call([r"C:\Program Files\Editor\Editor.exe", "C:\Downloads\123.pdf"])      # raw string
subprocess.call(["C:\\Program Files\\Editor\\Editor.exe", "C:\\Downloads\\123.pdf"])  # escape the backslashes
subprocess.call(["C:/Program Files/Editor/Editor.exe", "C:/Downloads/123.pdf"])       # forward slashes

Forward slashes will work because they work in file paths regardless of the OS.