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Is there a Python method of making filenames safe (ie. putting \ infront of spaces and escaping ( , ), symbols) programatically in Python?
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3give a use case of what you actually want to do because Python can take care of files with spaces pretty well. – ghostdog74 Feb 22 '10 at 02:07
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Areeed, @ghostdog74. Safe for or from what? – Blair Conrad Feb 22 '10 at 02:07
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Spaces are already "safe" for Python in open(). As for os.system() and similar functions, use subprocess instead.
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>>> import pipes
>>> pipes.quote("\&*!")
"'\\&*!'"
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+1 for the relatively unknown `pipes` module, even if it's uncertain whether the OP is working on a Unix/Linux system. – tzot Feb 22 '10 at 22:13