If I have 5 python scripts and they are all in one directory how would I go about running all of them? I dont want to have to go and manually open them and then run them I would like to have python do this.
So i have a folder named Scripts and inside it has five scripts that all have different names with the .ipynb extension.
so the breakdown of the Tree looks like this,
-Scripts
-A.ipynb
-B.ipynb
-C.ipynb
-D.ipynb
-E.ipynb
How could I run each of the files in this directory without manually opening them and running them each individually?
The extension 'ipynb' isn't a python script, but, you can create a batch file which runs all of your .py files.
Example:
#ECHO OFF
Runs my Python Scripts
C:\path-to-python\Python.exe C:\path-to-scripts\A.py
ECHO Ran script A
(Repeat as needed)
PAUSE
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I have three scripts
Create_Image.py
Add_PNG.py
Combine.py
And I'd like to create an .exe or .bat file which runs the three of them one after another.
I paid a developer to do this, but he created an .exe which is static and doesn't respond to changes in the .py scripts.
.bat file is just a script for Windows. So you probably could make a script like this:
python [your_1_python_script_name]
python [your_2_python_script_name]
python [your_3_python_script_name]
However, your script would have to be in the same directory as python files
Now I am running the python file everytime like this:
python C:/my/path/to/python/file.py
I want to replace it with one word command like this
myfile
The same command should work from command_prompt, powershell and powershell_ise and it should work from any directory that I am in.
If you made the python an exe and cd into the directory or add it to your environment variables you could call it by myfile or myfile.exe
Another way would be to make a batch file that contains
python C:/my/path/to/python/file.py
and name it myfile which would allow you to call the batch file and it would type out the rest
Also if you cd into C:/my/path/to/python
you could type python file.py instead of the whole path.
You can basically create Custom Environment Variables. This link will guide how can you do that.
Link: Create Custom Environment Variables in Windows
The file option is interesting because it means you can also create an environment variable to launch a program. For example, you can point an environment variable to any EXE file on your system. When you invoke the variable, it will launch the program. If you have a custom executable program file stored in some random directory on your PC, this is an easy way to launch it without having to go look for it.
Or if you want to run your python script from anywhere, technically not anywhere but from other directory also then you can create a .bat file. And opening that .bat will automatically run your python script. You can create a .bat by :
Right click create a new file. Name it as script.bat.
Right click on script.bat and open it in Notepad.
Copy/paste this script python C:/my/path/to/python/file.py
Save it and run that script.bat.
It will automatically run you file.py from here. You can place script.bat in your preferred place like in desktop.
I run the batch(it is in different folder than the python script) the using following line of code:
subprocess.Popen("the_bat.bat", creationflags=subprocess.CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE)
The job of the batch is to launch a .jar(same directory as batch) which creates folders and files in it's directory, but when run by the python script the jar starts doing it's job in the script's folder.
Any suggestions on how to prevent this?
This is because the bash script is executed in Python's working directory, which makes the bash script's working directory the same one as Python's. You can fix this by passing a current working directory to the subprocess.Popen.
subprocess.Popen(r'your script', cwd=r'd:\the\working\directory\you\want\or\root')
I have watched numerous tutorials on how to run Python files using the windows command line (CMD.exe), but in all of the tutorials the video makers were accessing PythonXX from Program Files and also their Python files from Program Files. I use Pycharm and have my single Project Folder in my Documents library. If possible I would like to run those files from the project folder. If not, though, is there any way to relocate a Pycharm Project Folder and Pycharm will still recognize it as where I store my files?
Thanks!
EDIT:
YES, I am aware that I can run my Python Files in Pycharm, but I would like to use windows CMD for full screen and so I can watch over it while I code.
To get to a directory with cmd simply hold shift while right-clicking the Documents folder. You should get an option
Open command window here
To run python files, enter into cmd:
python filename.py
Modify this command to include arguments if necessary.
I'm running Python 3.4.1 on Windows 7 and thought that after running my .py script in the command line, a directory named _pycache_ would be created in the same directory that my script ran in. It is not there, even after I made sure that 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives' was checked. I looked around here and on Google but can't seem to get an answer that makes this visible.
Can someone help? I'm new to Python and would like to look over the byte code files.
The directory is called __pycache__ (with double underscores).
It'll only be created if Python has permission to create a directory in the same location the .py file lives. The folder is not hidden in any way, if it is not there, then Python did not create it.
Note that .pyc bytecode cache files are only created for modules your code imports; it is not created for the main script file. If you run python.exe foobar.py, no __pycache__/foobar.cpython-34.pyc file is created.