Raw command line arguments

[Chris Rebert]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Enchanter <ensoul.magazine at gmail.com> wrote:
> How to pass the raw command line arguments to the python?
>
> Such as:
>
>     mypython.py  txt -c "Test Only" {Help}
>
>
> The arguments I hope to get is:
>
>              txt -c "Test Only" {Help}               -- Keep the
> quotation marks in the arguments.

Remember that the quotes are parsed by the shell before python ever
receives the arguments, so you have to deal with it in whatever is
calling python.

Recall/note the differences between:
rm foo bar #delete foo and delete bar
rm "foo bar" #delete one file with a space in its name but no quotes in its name
rm 'foo"bar"baz' #delete one file with double-quotes in its name
rm "foo\"bar\"baz" #delete the same file as in the previous example

Therefore, you need to invoke the script differently to take account
of the shell's quote processing by adding another set of quotes, like
so:
mypython.py  txt -c '"Test Only"' {Help}
#or alternatively:
mypython.py  txt -c "\"Test Only\"" {Help}

Cheers,
Chris
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