On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:22 AM, <cev...@gmail.com> wrote: > var1 = 'lynx -dump http://' + someip + '/cgi-bin/xxxx.log&.submit=+++Go%21+++ > > junk' > lynx -dump 'http://192.168.01.01/cgi-bin/xxxx.log&.submit=+++Go%21+++ > junk'
The problem is the &, which splits the command. Note how your manual execution puts single quotes around just the URL; in the other version, you're not doing that. (Though I'm not entirely sure why your > junk is inside the quotes - is that an error?) Try this: var1 = 'lynx -dump "http://' + someip + '/cgi-bin/xxxx.log&.submit=+++Go%21+++" > junk' ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list