Syntax error when using gdown to fetch zip from Google Drive in Visual Studio Code

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Getting models for pose detection setup

I’m trying to download some model files from Google Drive using gdown but running into issues in VS Code. Here’s what I’m attempting to do:

# Download and extract the archive
gdown 1ABC123def456ghi789jkl012mno345pqr
unzip neural_models.zip

# Move face detection model
mv /home/user/downloads/facial/detector_v2.caffemodel /home/user/pose_framework/models/face/detector_v2.caffemodel

# Move hand detection model  
mv /home/user/downloads/hands/classifier_final.caffemodel /home/user/pose_framework/models/hand/classifier_final.caffemodel

# Move body pose models
mv /home/user/downloads/body/full_body_model.caffemodel /home/user/pose_framework/models/pose/full_body/full_body_model.caffemodel
mv /home/user/downloads/body/upper_body_model.caffemodel /home/user/pose_framework/models/pose/upper/upper_body_model.caffemodel

# Clean up temporary files
rm -rf downloads
rm neural_models.zip

Error message I keep getting

gdown 1ABC123def456ghi789jkl012mno345pqr
^
SyntaxError: invalid decimal literal

I also tried using wget and curl commands but those didn’t work either. The weird thing is this exact same code runs perfectly fine when I use it in Google Colab notebooks. Only having problems when running it locally in VS Code. Anyone know what might be causing this difference in behavior?

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You’re running bash commands in VS Code’s Python console, which won’t work. When VS Code sees gdown 1ABC123def456ghi789jkl012mno345pqr, it thinks you’re trying to subtract that string from a variable called gdown - obviously that fails. Colab works because you’re either using ! for shell commands or you’re in a terminal. In VS Code, open the integrated terminal (Ctrl+on Windows/Linux) and run your commands there instead of the Python window. If you really need it in a Python script, wrap each command withos.system()or usesubprocess`, but the terminal’s way easier.

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hey, looks like you’re mixing things up. colab allows shell commands directly, but in vscode, it expects python code. that’s why you’re seeing that error – it thinks gdown is a var. try running those commands in the terminal instead, should work fine!

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You’re trying to run shell commands in a Python environment, which won’t work. VS Code’s Python interpreter expects Python syntax, not bash commands. That’s why you’re getting the “invalid decimal literal” error - Python thinks gdown 1ABC123def456ghi789jkl012mno345pqr is supposed to be Python code. Google Colab works differently because it has magic commands that let you run shell stuff with ! at the start. You’ve got two ways to fix this in VS Code: run the commands in your regular terminal instead of Python, or use Python’s subprocess module like subprocess.run(['gdown', '1ABC123def456ghi789jkl012mno345pqr']). Honestly though, just use your terminal - it’s way easier for setup stuff like this.