[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Michael.
No problem.
> I used ls as a simple example, but I'm
> using this with scp to transfer files and need shell expansion. It
> makes sense since the shell isn't spawning the process, but it's been
> a while since I've worked with ipc.
I usu
On Apr 18, 7:24 pm, Michael Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you want to process asterisk the way the shell does, you can pass
> things through the shell. os.system is one way of doing that. Probably
> better is:
>
> subprocess.check_call("ls -l *", shell=True)
Thanks for the reply Michael
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The spawn* and exec* functions appear to escape asterisks, I'm
> guessing all shell characters too, before the spawn/exec'ed process
> sees them.
No. It is the shell that ordinarily processes these characters and gives
them a special meaning. On most systems, ls does no
The spawn* and exec* functions appear to escape asterisks, I'm
guessing all shell characters too, before the spawn/exec'ed process
sees them. Is there a way around this?
Not sure if this is a bug or a "feature".
user$ touch test.txt
user$ ls -l *
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Apr 18 18:30 test.tx
