Python: subprocess call with shell=False not working

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You need to split the commands into separate strings:

subprocess.call(["./rvm", "xyz"], shell=False)

A string will work when shell=True but you need a list of args when shell=False

The shlex module is useful more so for more complicated commands and dealing with input but good to learn about:

import shlex

cmd = "python  foo.py"
subprocess.call(shlex.split(cmd), shell=False)

shlex tut

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