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[RaiMan <question187024@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #187024 on Sikuli changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/187024

    Status: Open => Answered

RaiMan proposed the following answer:
Since we have the power of Python in Sikuli script, there is no need to
fiddle around with commands line windows.

Even for a novice, it is rather simple to get into it. And since you
know, how to do things with AutoHotKey, you are an expert in scripting
;-)

--- But lets have a look first on your approach:
type with special characters might not have worked anyway (faq 933)
Strings containing \ should be noted as raw strings r"some string with a \ backslash" or you have to double the slashes.
Numbers are casted to strings by str(number).
So your command string might look this way:

cmd = r"mkdir c:\data\"+ str(number) + name + r"\output" # you were near
by ;-)

but Python too has a powerful string formatter:

cmd = r"mkdir c:\data\%d%s\output"%(number, name) 
The string becomes a template with %-placeholders, that are filled with the corresponding variables in the list %().

Now we could open a command line and paste the command and type a
Key.RETURN. This would work, but is much too complicated.

--- The Python way:
You might like it, if you like AutoHotKey ;-)

import os
os.mkdir(r"c:\data\%d%s\output"%(number, name) )

import statements should be once in the beginning of the script.

--- issue commands with Python
is rather easy with with os.popen(), especially in cases, where you want to get the command output back:

import os
out = os.popen(cmd ).readlines()
for line in out:
     print line.strip()

where cmd is a string, containing something that can be run on a command
line.

If you rally want to do more stuff with Sikuli, it is a good investment
to get into the basics of Python. It is easier than AutoHotKey and with
the features of Sikuli much more powerful.

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