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            if isinstance(args, (str, bytes)):
                args = [args]
            elif isinstance(args, os.PathLike):
                if shell:
                    raise TypeError('path-like args is not allowed when '
                                    'shell is true')
                args = [args]
            else:
                args = list(args)

            if shell:
                # On Android the default shell is at '/system/bin/sh'.
                unix_shell = ('/system/bin/sh' if
                          hasattr(sys, 'getandroidapilevel') else '/bin/sh')
                args = [unix_shell, "-c"] + args
                if executable:
                    args[0] = executable