operating system - Python Running OS command with quotes inside -

#!/usr/bin/python import os  readline = open('desktops.txt','r')  line in readline:         machinename = line         query = os.system('wmic -u corp.fakedomain.com/domainusername%password //192.168.1.100 "select * win32_useraccount localaccount = true"|grep "500|"|cut -d "\\" -f 2|cut -d "|" -f1') 

i receiving following error...

myhostname:~# ./getlocaladminnames.py sh: syntax error: unterminated quoted string sh: syntax error: unterminated quoted string sh: syntax error: unterminated quoted string sh: syntax error: unterminated quoted string sh: syntax error: unterminated quoted string

then after resolve error substitute ip machinename variable.

any appreciated.

you should escape backslashes. replace \\ \\\\:

os.system('wmic -u corp.fakedomain.com/domainusername%password //192.168.1.100 "select * win32_useraccount localaccount = true"|grep "500|"|cut -d "\\\\" -f 2|cut -d "|" -f1') 

or, make string raw adding r prefix:

os.system(r'wmic -u corp.fakedomain.com/domainusername%password //192.168.1.100 "select * win32_useraccount localaccount = true"|grep "500|"|cut -d "\\" -f 2|cut -d "|" -f1') 

also see:

• what "u" , "r" string flags in python, , raw string literals?
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