🔒 how do i run this cmd command?

[fickle aurora]

how do i run this command
"apktool_2.11.1.jar" d -s -o love-decoded "love-11.5-android-embed.apk" using os.system()

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@fickle aurora

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[fickle aurora]

iam getting string errors, iam new to python

[weak cloud]

You probably need to wrap it all in single-quotes

[fickle aurora]

how

because you need a string for the command

and how do i wrap apktool_2.11.1.jar in a string?

[weak cloud]

I'm confused by your question then

[fickle aurora]

i mean how do i run this command

[weak cloud]

Can your show your actual code that's causing the error?

and also show the error

[fickle aurora]

one sec

import os
os.system("'apktool_2.11.1.jar' d -s -o love-decoded 'love-11.5-android-embed.apk'")

iam getting this error

''apktool_2.11.1.jar'' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[weak cloud]

Oh then in that case, you're probably executing your python script in a different working directory than where you have the apktool jar file

[fickle aurora]

i dont think so

wait let me see

[weak cloud]

you can check what your working directory is using os.getcwd()

[fickle aurora]

how do i change my working directory

?

i tried using cd

[weak cloud]

Well, the easiest way is to probably copy your python file to the same directory as your .jar file

Then execute it there

But you can also use os.chdir()

https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/os.html

[fickle aurora]

what is that

[weak cloud]

it stands for change directory

[fickle aurora]

let me try

[fickle aurora]

how

do i print it?

@weak cloud sorry for pinging

[weak cloud]

print what?

[fickle aurora]

os.getcwd

[weak cloud]

You just call it, and it'll change the current working directory

[fickle aurora]

to what?

[weak cloud]

To what your specify

[fickle aurora]

isnt os.chdir() used for that?

or both are the same

[weak cloud]

Yes

Oh

print(os.getcwd())

[fickle aurora]

it says iam on the folder that have the jar file

but its still showing the error

[weak cloud]

oh, in that case try adding ./ to the front of 'apktool_2.11.1.jar'

[fickle aurora]

are u sure i typed it right?

[fickle aurora]

ok

like this?

[weak cloud]

so like

os.system('"./apktool_2.11.1.jar" d -s -o love-decoded "love-11.5-android-embed.apk"')

or so

[fickle aurora]

oh

[weak cloud]

wrong spot

[fickle aurora]

its now saying

'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[weak cloud]

Hmm, one sec

oh, it's might have to be .\apktool etc

[fickle aurora]

its now saying this

[weak cloud]

Oh right, you need two .\\

Because one is used for things like \n or \t

So two means "ignore one"

[fickle aurora]

its saying this

'.\apktool_2.11.1.jar" d -s -o love-decoded "love-11.5-android-embed.apk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[weak cloud]

You seem to have mismatched ' or "

[fickle aurora]

i did try to put .\ before the love one

[weak cloud]

double check those

[fickle aurora]

no

[weak cloud]

os.system('".\\apktool_2.11.1.jar" d -s -o love-decoded "love-11.5-android-embed.apk"')

No, you do

[fickle aurora]

thats what my code currently looks like

os.system('".\\apktool_2.11.1.jar" d -s -o love-decoded "love-11.5-android-embed.apk"')

[weak cloud]

I know

[fickle aurora]

exactly, i didnt

wait is it the right one

what do i do then?

[weak cloud]

The error message you posted shows it starting with a single quote

[fickle aurora]

no

[weak cloud]

but you might not even need the quotes

have you tried

os.system('.\\apktool_2.11.1.jar d -s -o love-decoded love-11.5-android-embed.apk')

?

[fickle aurora]

look

[fickle aurora]

no

[weak cloud]

Give that a shot, I don't think you need the quotes

but also, you needn't be doing this in Python

[fickle aurora]

wait i think it works

one sec

[weak cloud]

you could just be doing it on the command line directly

[fickle aurora]

why?

[fickle aurora]

yea ik but i need to run more command lines

thats why

[weak cloud]

But what's Python specific about this? You could just use a batch file and enter commands directly

[fickle aurora]

i never coded batch files

[weak cloud]

Yeah but the command in that string there is a batch command

So adding Python (so far) is just adding an extra un-used layer of complexity.

[fickle aurora]

then how do i make it as a batch file

[weak cloud]

Save .\apktool_2.11.1.jar d -s -o love-decoded love-11.5-android-embed.apk to a text file, then change the file extension from .txt to .bat

[fickle aurora]

thats it?

[weak cloud]

Yup

[fickle aurora]

oh it actually works lol

[weak cloud]

lol

[fickle aurora]

ok thanks

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