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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-04 19:20:00 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-04 19:20:00 (GMT)
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diff --git a/Lib/commands.py b/Lib/commands.py
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--- a/Lib/commands.py
+++ b/Lib/commands.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ def mk2arg(head, x):
# Make a shell command argument from a string.
+# Return a string beginning with a space followed by a shell-quoted
+# version of the argument.
# Two strategies: enclose in single quotes if it contains none;
# otherwise, enclose in double quotes and prefix quotable characters
# with backslash.