pyro.699 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello, i am just looking to see if there was a way that i can run a python script from the perl command line? Its a file that will generate alot of information and then just put it into a text file, so it just needs to be run and no information will be taken directly from it. Is there any way to accomplish this? Thanks

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Re: Run Python Scripts
by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Apr 28, 2007 at 00:53 UTC
    I am not exactly sure what you mean by "the perl command line". The Command Line in UNIX is language agnostic, pretty much.

    If what you want it to run a Python script from within a Perl script, then something like this should work: 

    #! /usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $rc = qx(/usr/local/bin/python MyPythonCode.py);

##########
# Do Stuff with the data in $rc
##########

exit(0);

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Re: Run Python Scripts
by renodino (Curate) on Apr 27, 2007 at 23:58 UTC
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      No, this did not work ^^ i could not find the inline perl module, i found many others though
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Re: Run Python Scripts
by swampyankee (Parson) on Apr 28, 2007 at 03:48 UTC

    Umnh, use Python to run Python?

    Or, from within a Perl program, one could use the system command or backticks.

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