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fshrking
Is it possible to run/trig a shell command/script?
Apr 5th, 2010, 6:19am  
A link if you know of one? I'm trying to trigger a python script on the computer from processing. I saw something about a .command method, but can't find any docs on it.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

-fshrking
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kof
Re: Is it possible to run/trig a shell command/script?
Reply #1 - Apr 5th, 2010, 10:05am  
Hi, there is a method I use often to invoke external script or command from processing..

Code:

 try{
      Runtime.getRuntime().exec("myShinyScriptHere.py");
    }
    catch(java.io.IOException e){
      println(e);
    }

it seems to work fine, this method will run the command after the processing window is closed, so it is not fully interactive.. it depends on your needs, anyway I believe there is some workaround about this (on linux, xterm -e "command" & .., for example).

best,
kof
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