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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2013-11-18 11:06:43 (GMT)
committerSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2013-11-18 11:06:43 (GMT)
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Issue #8402: Added the escape() function to the glob module.
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-rw-r--r--Lib/glob.py16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/glob.py b/Lib/glob.py
index 1a268a3..e388b5f 100644
--- a/Lib/glob.py
+++ b/Lib/glob.py
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ def glob0(dirname, basename):
return []
-magic_check = re.compile('[*?[]')
-magic_check_bytes = re.compile(b'[*?[]')
+magic_check = re.compile('([*?[])')
+magic_check_bytes = re.compile(b'([*?[])')
def has_magic(s):
if isinstance(s, bytes):
@@ -91,3 +91,15 @@ def has_magic(s):
def _ishidden(path):
return path[0] in ('.', b'.'[0])
+
+def escape(pathname):
+ """Escape all special characters.
+ """
+ # Escaping is done by wrapping any of "*?[" between square brackets.
+ # Metacharacters do not work in the drive part and shouldn't be escaped.
+ drive, pathname = os.path.splitdrive(pathname)
+ if isinstance(pathname, bytes):
+ pathname = magic_check_bytes.sub(br'[\1]', pathname)
+ else:
+ pathname = magic_check.sub(r'[\1]', pathname)
+ return drive + pathname