Make Python Subprocess Run in PowerShell

Question

I'm trying to get the wireless debugging port of ADB in my Android, using the command here:

& "D:\Tools\Nmap\nmap.exe" -T4 192.168.2.20 -p 37000-44000 | Where-Object {$_ -match "tcp open"} | ForEach-Object {$_.split("/")[0]}

And I would like to make a Python script for further purposes:

ip = '192.168.2.20'
nmap_path = r'D:\Tools\Nmap\nmap.exe'


def get_port():
    port_result = subprocess.run(
        f'& "{nmap_path}" -T4 {ip} -p 37000-44000 | '
        f'Where-Object {{$_ -match "tcp open"}} | '
        f'ForEach-Object {{$_.split("/")[0]}}',
        shell=True
    )
    port = port_result.stdout.decode('utf-8').strip()
    return port

But it gave the following error: & was unexpected at this time., which indicated that the command was run in CMD instead of PowerShell.

I do not want to use powershell -Command, nor saving the commands into a .ps1 file.

Could I make subprocess.run to run specifically in PowerShell?

Answer 1

You can provide the path to powershell with the executable option of run.

powershell_path = 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe'
subprocess.run(
    'echo This is simpler', 
    shell=True,
    executable=powershell_path,
)