Piping processes works with 'shell = True' but not otherwise.

[Peter Otten]

Luca Cerone wrote:

>> 
>> That's because stdin/stdout/stderr take file descriptors or file
>> 
>> objects, not path strings.
>> 
> 
> Thanks Chris, how do I set the file descriptor to /dev/null then?

For example:

with open(os.devnull, "wb") as stderr:
    p = subprocess.Popen(..., stderr=stderr)
    ...


In Python 3.3 and above:

p = subprocess.Popen(..., stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)