Remotely call python script through keyword "Execute Command" of SSHLibrary cannot returned

Question

I'm working on automation testing based on Robot Framework and adopt SSHLibrary to execute commands on a remote server. But when I tried to execute a Python script that has sys.exit(0) in the end, the keyword Execute Command could not return.

My sample code:

*** Test Cases ***
Test
     Open Connection    192.168.1.1
     Login    root    abcd
     Execute Command    test.py --param1 --param2

I also tried to add another option timeout=60 to Open Connection, but the result was the same.

Robot framework version: 3.0
SSHLibrary version: 2.1.2

Any suggestions?

What makes you think that Execute Command cannot return? What is it doing? Does your test hang? — Bryan Oakley
– Bryan Oakley, Commented Aug 29, 2016 at 16:58
I double checked the backend script at the same time, using ps -ef to check its PID and tailf its debug log. the script can finally exit properly that no process running, no debug logs output. — Todd Tong
– Todd Tong, Commented Aug 30, 2016 at 8:58

12435432nm · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-18 21:55:41Z

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I believe you need to add 'Python' after you call Execute Command.

So like this:

Execute Command   Python  test.py --param1 --param2

answered Jan 18, 2017 at 21:55

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rasjani Mar 28 at 11:53

if test.py as executable bit and proper shebang, adding python is not needed. Also, if the remote host is linux, command should be lowercase.

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