Anthony Sottile <asott...@umich.edu> added the comment:
Try with `sh`: (it prompts for continuation, I pressed ^D to end it) $ export F=$'\'' > > > > > sh: 8: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string dollar-sign strings are a `bash` extension, I don't think they're supported by *sh*lex (maybe if there was a bashlex module :D) There's the `posix=False` option to `shlex.split` -- I'm not sure what it does/doesn't enable though (the docs aren't thorough here and the code is a bit non-obvious): >>> shlex.split(s, posix=False) ['export', "F=$'\\''"] ---------- nosy: +Anthony Sottile _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38570> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
