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Run Sudo command using Python
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sudoSample.py
import subprocess
# run command using Popen and provide password using communicate.
# password requires byte format.
# sudo -S brings password request to PIPE
proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', '-S', 'nano', 'test.txt'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate(input=b'password\n')
# Print output and errors
print(proc)
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