Python cmd is not recognized as an internal or external command

Asked Sep 18 '18 at 14:57

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I'm trying to run a command through cmd - but it's not being recognized.

import os
cmd = '"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PATH TO PROGRAM" "C:\\Users\\PATH TO FILE" /r /e'
os.system(str(cmd))

I know the str(cmd) isn't needed, but just wanted to show that I tried. The error I'm getting is:

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

I looked around and I know it's because I should use quotes, but I am using quotes for my path. I tried other ways to get around it like:

TCPath = '"C:\\Program Files (x86)PATH"'
PPath = '"C:\\Users\\PATH"'
cmd = TCPath + ' ' + PPath + ' /r /e'
os.system(str(cmd))

And I keep getting the same error. Any thoughts on this? I tried \" too but that didn't work either.

asked Sep 18 '18 at 14:57

Andrew Raleigh

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see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/204017/how-do-i-execute-a-program-from-python-os-system-fails-due-to-spaces-in-path Basically use subprocess instead – Fredrik Pihl Sep 18 '18 at 15:00
Replace `"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\PATH TO PROGRAM"` with program path and `"C:\\Users\\PATH TO FILE"` with file path. – floydya Sep 18 '18 at 15:00
don't use `os.system` it's deprecated. – Jean-François Fabre Sep 18 '18 at 15:01

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