test_proc.py

import subprocess
# var = subprocess.call("date")
# subprocess.call(["ls", "-l", "/etc/hosts"])

# p = subprocess.Popen("date", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
# (output, err) = p.communicate()
# print("Today is", output)

# p = subprocess.Popen(["ls", "-l", "/etc/hosts"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
# output, err = p.communicate()
# print("*** Running ls -l command ***\n", output)

# p = subprocess.Popen(["cat", "/etc/hosts", "|", "wc", "-l"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
# output, err = p.communicate()
# print(output)

# p = subprocess.Popen("date", stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
# p1 = subprocess.Popen(["cat", "/etc/hosts"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
# p2 = subprocess.Popen(["wc", "-l"], stdin=p1.stdout, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
# output = p2.communicate()[0]
# print(output)

def create_file(file_name, dir):
  cmd ="touch {}/{}".format(dir, file_name)
  # print(cmd.split())
  subprocess.call(['touch', "{}".format(file_name)], cwd = "{}".format(dir))
# # def create_file(file_name):
# #   cmd ="touch {}".format(file_name)
# #   print(cmd.split())
# #   subprocess.call('cmd.split('))

create_file('create_by_code.txt', '/')

# subprocess.call(['ls', '-l'], cwd= '/home/wojtek/Desktop/')