Open filename with special characters in python from Windows

Asked Jan 16 '21 at 08:55

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I have no issue with this on Mac. Windows seems to have trouble opening it.

I have a file name eg : stdout_blahblah_2020-08-25T00:00:00.000Z_2020-08-26T00:00:00.000Z.txt

I cant change the file name unfortunately and I have tons of them to open. This is a simple code I wrote:

sysout_filename = "stdout_blahblah_2020-08-25T00:00:00.000Z_2020-08-26T00:00:00.000Z.txt"
sys.stdout = open(sysout_filename, "w")

So how can I open this file without getting OSError.

asked Jan 16 '21 at 08:55

user6308605

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Does this answer your question? [How to get a file in Windows with a colon in the filename?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10386344/how-to-get-a-file-in-windows-with-a-colon-in-the-filename) – Iain Shelvington Jan 16 '21 at 08:58
I dont think so. can I use escape? @IainShelvington – user6308605 Jan 16 '21 at 09:00
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A colon `:` is not a valid character for a windows filename, you will have to use another character in it's place – Iain Shelvington Jan 16 '21 at 09:03
The link given solved it. Thanks! – user6308605 Jan 16 '21 at 09:14

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