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Earl Lapus <earl.lapus@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I made simple test program using the subprocess module (see attached:
> exec_cmd.py). I ran it passing variations of 'ls' command options.
>
> I encounter exceptions every time I use '-l' options. Example runs
> where exception occurs:
> # ./exec_cmd.py ls -al
> # ./exec_cmd.py ls -l
>
> However, if I pass 'ls' and arguments as one argument, like so:
> #./exec_cmd.py 'ls -al'
> exception does not occur.
>
> I logged output (see ls_test.out).
>
> So, what could be causing this behavior? Is this expected or is there
> something wrong with how I'm using the subprocess module?

You shouldn't use shell=True with a list argument (sys.argv[1:] is a
list). Specify the command as a string or use shell=False.
See http://bugs.python.org/issue21347


--
Akira