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| author | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2012-10-28 15:48:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2012-10-28 15:48:24 (GMT) |
| commit | 0e8c49d3583bbe86dd26f07819fd526eda8a0dcc (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 66d6cbb..34fdf10 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ default values. The arguments that are most commonly needed are: from this vulnerability; see the Note in the :class:`Popen` constructor documentation for helpful hints in getting ``shell=False`` to work. + When using ``shell=True``, :func:`shlex.quote` can be used to properly + escape whitespace and shell metacharacters in strings that are going to + be used to construct shell commands. + These options, along with all of the other options, are described in more detail in the :class:`Popen` constructor documentation. |