Can't run a linux .sh script with python subprocess?

Question

I am trying:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(["file.sh"])

But I keep getting:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "project.py", line 85, in <module>
    subprocess.call(["file.sh"])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 522, in call
    return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1335, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

However when I try and run the script from the shell bash file.sh it works. So I'm confused as to why it doesn't work?

I am not committed to using subprocess so if there are other options please let me know.

Answer 1

The call function of the subprocess package runs the command specified in arg as a list of strings (to simplify).

To call your file you have put in your script:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(["sh", "file.sh"])