{"id":13691,"date":"2024-03-15T07:39:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T07:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-a-python-script-call-a-perl-script\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:06:30","slug":"how-can-a-python-script-call-a-perl-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-a-python-script-call-a-perl-script\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Perl Script from Python: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To invoke a Perl script, you can use the subprocess module in Python. Here is an example code for calling a Perl script:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> subprocess\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8981\u8c03\u7528\u7684Perl\u811a\u672c\u8def\u5f84<\/span>\r\nperl_script = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'\/path\/to\/perl\/script.pl'<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8c03\u7528Perl\u811a\u672c\u5e76\u4f20\u9012\u53c2\u6570<\/span>\r\nargs = [<span class=\"hljs-string\">'arg1'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'arg2'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'arg3'<\/span>]\r\nprocess = subprocess.Popen([<span class=\"hljs-string\">'perl'<\/span>, perl_script] + args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)\r\noutput, error = process.communicate()\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u51faPerl\u811a\u672c\u7684\u6267\u884c\u7ed3\u679c<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(output.decode(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'utf-8'<\/span>))\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(error.decode(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'utf-8'<\/span>))\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, we specify the path to the Perl script we want to call first. Then, we can use the subprocess.Popen function to start a new process, passing the perl command, script path, and arguments as parameters to it. The stdout=subprocess.PIPE and stderr=subprocess.PIPE parameters are used to capture the script&#8217;s output and error messages.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we can use the &#8220;communicate&#8221; method to obtain the output and error messages of the script, and use the &#8220;decode&#8221; method to convert byte data to string data for output to the console.<\/p>\n<p>Please ensure that the Perl interpreter is properly installed before calling the Perl script, and replace the script path with your actual Perl script path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To invoke a Perl script, you can use the subprocess module in Python. 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