From b80afea98550025b42d998171a1f41c344e7ae19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Hanson <122566160+anskhanson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:26:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] updated launcher for linux

---
 src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py b/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py
index a5664bb6f..1736bec01 100644
--- a/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py
+++ b/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """Module for launching Sherlock locally or connecting to a local instance with gRPC."""
 import errno
 import os
+import shlex
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import time
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ def launch_sherlock(
             args = f'{args} -singleProject "{single_project_path}"'
         if sherlock_cmd_args != "":
             args = f"{args} {sherlock_cmd_args}"
-        subprocess.Popen(args)
+        subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(args))
     except Exception as e:
         LOG.error("Error encountered while starting or executing Sherlock, error = %s" + str(e))
 
@@ -153,5 +154,8 @@ def _get_sherlock_exe_path():
     ansys_base = _get_base_ansys()
     if not ansys_base:
         return ""
-    sherlock_bin = os.path.join(ansys_base, "sherlock", "SherlockClient.exe")
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        sherlock_bin = os.path.join(ansys_base, "sherlock", "SherlockClient.exe")
+    else:
+        sherlock_bin = os.path.join(ansys_base, "sherlock", "runSherlock")
     return sherlock_bin

From e295b6e3bdd3d8fc0a162b62a324ca3ee4d6ac0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Hanson <122566160+anskhanson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:38:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] updated sherlock parameter parsing

---
 src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py b/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py
index 1736bec01..e64342ce7 100644
--- a/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py
+++ b/src/ansys/sherlock/core/launcher.py
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ def launch_sherlock(
         return None
 
     try:
-        args = _get_sherlock_exe_path() + " -grpcPort=" + str(port)
+        args = [_get_sherlock_exe_path()]
+        args.append("-grpcPort=" + str(port))
         if single_project_path != "":
-            args = f'{args} -singleProject "{single_project_path}"'
+            args.append(f'-singleProject "{single_project_path}"')
         if sherlock_cmd_args != "":
-            args = f"{args} {sherlock_cmd_args}"
-        subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(args))
+            args.append(f"{shlex.split(sherlock_cmd_args)}")
+        print(args)
+        subprocess.Popen(args)
     except Exception as e:
         LOG.error("Error encountered while starting or executing Sherlock, error = %s" + str(e))