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JaimieMurdock/quote_args.py

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Helper function for quoting command line arguments.
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quote_args.py
import platform
## Platform-independent command escape
## see http://stackoverflow.com/a/29597408
if platform.system() == 'windows':
from subprocess import list2cmdline
quote_args = list2cmdline
else:
# POSIX
from pipes import quote
def quote_args(seq):
return ' '.join(quote(arg) for arg in seq)
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