Python - Spaces in Filenames

Question

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How to escape os.system() calls in Python?

Is there a Python method of making filenames safe (ie. putting \ infront of spaces and escaping ( , ), symbols) programatically in Python?

Answer 1

Spaces are already "safe" for Python in open(). As for os.system() and similar functions, use subprocess instead.

Answer 2

>>> import pipes
>>> pipes.quote("\&*!")
"'\\&*!'"