Python os.startfile is not working in ubuntu

Question

I am using python 3.6 on ubuntu. I wrote a python script to play songs. I have imported os module but it shows an error: AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'startfile'

            elif 'play songs' in query:
            songs_dir = '/home/mjiabir/Music/mp3'
            songs = os.listdir(songs_dir)
            os.startfile(os.path.join(songs_dir, songs[0]))

what is the problem with this startfile attribute? Is there any equivalent of os.startfile()?

Answer 1

os.startfile is available for windows only.

See here in docs.

You can use os.open for that. Visit docs .

Answer 2

I solved this problem on Ubuntu 20.04 using os.system():

import os

os.system('mpg123 sound_file.mp3')

But you should first install the package mpg123 :

sudo apt install mpg321