How to redirect output with subprocess in Python?

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In Python 3.5+ to redirect the output, just pass an open file handle for the stdout argument to subprocess.run:

# Use a list of args instead of a string
input_files = ['file1', 'file2', 'file3']
my_cmd = ['cat'] + input_files
with open('myfile', "w") as outfile:
    subprocess.run(my_cmd, stdout=outfile)

As others have pointed out, the use of an external command like cat for this purpose is completely extraneous.

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