How to run python commands in a new terminal window

Question

I am learning django. I am stuck with this problem.

So basically, I have designed a form (template) in HTML that takes a text file as input and generates a voiceover of that text file. I am using espeak for it in the backend. So, when a user uploads a file, this command espeak -ven+m1 -f sample.txt where sample.txt is the name of the uploaded file should run in a new terminal window.

sample output

As you can see in the above image this is what I want to achieve.

espeak -ven+m1 -f sample.txt

I want to print the above line in a new terminal window.

Here, sample.txt is the name of the text file. I want to achieve this by the python program instead of doing it manually.

As I already said I am new to django and some help will be appreciated.

Edit:
I tried to run this command

subprocess.run(['gnome-terminal', '--', f"espeak -ven+m1 -f {uploaded_file.name}"])

But the output I am getting is this

There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
Failed to execute child process “espeak -ven+m1 -f sample.txt” (No such file or directory)

new shell output

Also please note that Run a custom command instead of my shell checkbox is untick

Hello. Please do not have pictures of text. Include the text in the body of the question. — David, Apr 09 '22 at 07:15
@David Done. Actually I put that picture to make the problem clearer. — Anshul Gupta, Apr 09 '22 at 07:19
What you should do is use subprocess.run or similar to run gnome-terminal -x espeak ..., instead of using print() to just show the command you're running. — muru, Apr 09 '22 at 07:22
Terminology: with "shell", you mean a new terminal window? Perhaps you can rather have a dialog of your program print these commands in a separate window? — vanadium, Apr 09 '22 at 08:49
Is "sample.txt" existing in the directory where the process is launched? — vanadium, Apr 09 '22 at 12:20

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '22 at 12:10

you can use this command to open a new terminal and run your command in it:

gnome-terminal -x sh -c "python3; bash"

Here python3 is the command I am running, you can replace it with your command:

gnome-terminal -x sh -c "espeak -ven+m1 -f sample.txt; bash"

Now to sum up everything, use this code in your python program:

from subprocess import call
call(["gnome-terminal", "-x", "sh", "-c", "espeak -ven+m1 -f sample.txt; bash"])

Note: If you're using any other terminal emulator, then you must replace gnome-terminal with your emulator.

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How to run python commands in a new terminal window

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