Why isn't glob * wildcard working in python subprocess.call?

Question

I want to use glob pattern like this in subprocess.call function:

>>> subprocess.call(["ls", "output*"])
ls: cannot access output*: No such file or directory
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>>> subprocess.call(["ls", "output\*"])
ls: cannot access output\*: No such file or directory
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But cannot use glob(*) pattern after filename "output" above.

Answer 1

Globbing (expanding the *) is a function of your shell. You need to add the shell=True parameter to execute the command through a shell interpreter.

subprocess.call("ls output*", shell=True)