New submission from klo uo: Example code:
======================================== Python 3.4.3 (default, Oct 14 2015, 20:28:29) [GCC 4.8.4] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import shlex >>> cmd = ["pwd", "&&", "ls"] >>> ' '.join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in cmd) "pwd '&&' ls" >>> ======================================== Double ampersants is quoted, and if this command string is passed to Popen or pasted in shell it would fail. OTOH, Windows so-so compatible list2cmdline: ======================================== Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec 6 2015, 01:54:25) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import subprocess >>> cmd = ["cd", "&&", "dir"] >>> subprocess.list2cmdline(cmd) 'cd && dir' >>> ======================================== behaves correctly. ---------- messages: 269830 nosy: klo.uo priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: shlex.quote incorrectly quotes ampersants, pipes type: behavior versions: Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27457> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
