Python module to shellquote/unshellquote?

python shell quoting
YGA picture YGA · Jun 9, 2009 · Viewed 16k times · Source

Is there anything in the Python standard library that will properly parse/unparse strings for using in shell commands? I'm looking for the python analog to perl's String::ShellQuote::shell_quote:

$ print String::ShellQuote::shell_quote("hello", "stack", "overflow's", "quite", "cool")
hello stack 'overflow'\''s' quite cool

And, even more importantly, something which will work in the reverse direction (take a string and decompose it into a list).

Answer

YGA picture YGA · Jul 1, 2009

Looks like 

try:  # py3
    from shlex import quote
except ImportError:  # py2
    from pipes import quote

quote("hello stack overflow's quite cool")
>>> '"hello stack overflow\'s quite cool"'

gets me far enough.

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