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| author | Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com> | 2012-10-28 09:43:02 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com> | 2012-10-28 09:43:02 (GMT) |
| commit | 87c315eb7532c019b5e9a757389cd61fe4f51f8f (patch) | |
| tree | 7df9b8acd3c0827417ee2134f24541d2512a9797 /Doc | |
| parent | d94a502cb0dfdbfb6d337e51b0698e5fdcde20c9 (diff) | |
| parent | c2415eb7e6ccb22888f35138527d6dc106e50a4e (diff) | |
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Merge issue #14616: Mention shlex.quote in subprocess docs.
Patch by Chris Rebert.
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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. |