ANKUR AGGARWAL wrote: > Hey- suppose we have a file name-"my file number" > if we want to execute it into the terminal it would be like - my\ file\ > number > > so wondering is there any one in the python that change the enter string > into the terminal string one- > like if user enter the file name with path- "my file number". i want to > automatically convert it into "my\ file\ number"
If you want this to prepare an os.system() call you should instead use subprocess.call() with a list containing the command and a filename that is not escaped. >>> import subprocess, os Bad: >>> os.system(r"ls -l my\ file\ number") -rw-r--r-- 1 petto petto 0 2010-08-12 15:20 my file number 0 Good: >>> subprocess.call(["ls", "-l", "my file number"]) -rw-r--r-- 1 petto petto 0 2010-08-12 15:20 my file number 0 Peter _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
