how do I make a button in Tkinter that runs a shell command

Question

I am trying to make a button the command: print("test"). Here is what I have so far:

import os
root = tk.Tk()
button = tk.Button(text="print",
                   fg="black",
                   command=print("test")
                   )
button.pack()
root.mainloop()

how can I do this?

Do you actually want to run a _shell_ command? (Or just Python?) — Hans, Jan 18 '21 at 15:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '21 at 15:24

Following the solution to this question, the following should work:

import os
root = tk.Tk()
button = tk.Button(text="print",
                   fg="black",
                   command=lambda: print("test")
                   )
button.pack()
root.mainloop()

how do I make a button in Tkinter that runs a shell command

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