when os.execute() is used the terminal breaks.

[MegaByte]

I am using os.execute to copy some files from one folder to another but when I do this the terminal stops working properly. It stops showing certain characters.
This happens with any command.

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print("\nTESTE\n")
os.execute('copy "' .. file .. '" "' .. newPath .. '" > nul 2>&1')
print("\nOK TESTE\n")

Terminal :

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print("\nTESTE\n")
os.execute('copy "' .. file .. '" "' .. newPath .. '"')
print("\nOK TESTE\n")

Terminal :

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[ivan]

If I remember correctly, this is a platform-specific bug. Have you tried:

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io.popen(command_to_execute)

[MegaByte]

If I remember correctly, this is a platform-specific bug. Have you tried:

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io.popen(command_to_execute)

it worked. Thank you very much