Odd, I don't see any mention of subprocess.run, the workhorse of python scripting.
Quick rundown for the unfamiliar:
Give it a command as a list of strings (e.g., subprocess.run(["echo", "foo"]).)
It takes a bunch of flags, but the most useful (but not immediately obvious) ones are:
check=True: Raise an error if the command fails
capture_output=True: Captures stdout/stderr on the CompletedProcess
text=True: Automatically convert the stdout/stderr bytes to strings
By default, subprocess.run will print the stdout/stderr to the script's output (like bash, basically), so I only bother with capture_output if I need information in the output for a later step.
Quick rundown for the unfamiliar:
Give it a command as a list of strings (e.g., subprocess.run(["echo", "foo"]).)
It takes a bunch of flags, but the most useful (but not immediately obvious) ones are:
By default, subprocess.run will print the stdout/stderr to the script's output (like bash, basically), so I only bother with capture_output if I need information in the output for a later step.