title: Trying to reverse-engineer a Mac terminal function for Windows
body: <p>The title says it all. I'm a total novice when it comes to coding, algorithm, and all points between, within, or beyond, and I've hit a wall that can only be solved by someone who knows what they're doing. (I'm also very new here, so if I've already breached some kind of protocol with this ask, I'm fine with being course-corrected.)</p>
  <p>I'm dealing in particular with a Mac .command terminal file and trying to reverse-engineer it into a process I can run as a command prompt on Windows. The code from said .command file, partially redacted to protect the incredibly guilty (look, man, it's this or shell out 600 clams for a perpetual license or 200 a year for an annual subscription, and I just can't do either right now), follows:</p>
  <pre><code>#!/bin/bash
  
  function msg {
      printf &quot;\e[1;32m&gt;\e[m %s\n&quot; &quot;$1&quot;
  }
  function msg2 {
      printf &quot;\e[1;34m&gt;\e[m %s\n&quot; &quot;$1&quot;
  }
  
  msg &quot;reset [program name here]!&quot;
  
  sudo rm -Rf /Applications/APi1
  
  sudo rm -Rf /Library/Application\ Support/[name]/[name]/[name]/ACr2
  
  sudo rm -Rf /Library/Application\ Support/[name]/[name]/[name]/Plugins_v2
  
  sudo rm -Rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/[name]/[name]/[name]/HEa3
  
  msg &quot;Completed!&quot;
  
  osascript &lt;&lt;EOT
  tell application &quot;Finder&quot;
   activate
   display alert &quot;Done!...&quot;
  end tell
  EOT
  </code></pre>
  <p>It's been tested on Mac, and it works, and I need it to work for Windows. That's the long and short of it.</p>
  <p>So...</p>
  <ol>
  <li>I know that it removes four hidden files from those directories and...</li>
  <li>I've been tipped off that it needs to block incoming HTTP requests, either at a firewall level or in the command string.</li>
  <li>I also know the command prompt needs to be run as admin to make this all work.</li>
  </ol>
  <p>Where I'm having trouble, never having worked with Apple products, is what the Windows-based analog to &quot;APi1&quot; would be. I've been able to confirm the existence of the other three files (the directory structure for the Windows version of this app looks basically the same, plus or minus a few subfolders); it's &quot;APi1&quot; that's tripping me up. Can anyone help?</p>