UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 972: invali d start byte

Asked Jul 01 '20 at 10:56

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I want to run commands using subprocess but it throws error when I change directory

error as UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 972: invali d start byte

  import os
  import subprocess
  while True:
      command = input(">> ")
      cdcommand = command.split(" ")
      if cdcommand[0] == "cd":
         os.chdir(cdcommand[1])
      else:
          result = subprocess.check_output(command , shell = True)
          print (result.decode())

edited Jul 01 '20 at 17:32

vimuth

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asked Jul 01 '20 at 10:56

vivek kumar

Does this answer your question? [UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x9c](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12468179/unicodedecodeerror-utf8-codec-cant-decode-byte-0x9c) – Sowjanya R Bhat Jul 01 '20 at 10:58
no it does not i dont understand i need it asap and anyhow – vivek kumar Jul 01 '20 at 11:02
You need to show us what you're giving as input to this program when you get that error. – fgblomqvist Jul 01 '20 at 13:11

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 972: invali d start byte

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