# Copyright (c) 2009, Rotem Yaari # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # * Neither the name of organization nor the # names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products # derived from this software without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Rotem Yaari ''AS IS'' AND ANY # EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED # WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE # DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Rotem Yaari BE LIABLE FOR ANY # DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES # (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; # LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND # ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS # SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. class CommandString(object): """ >>> CommandString('a', 'b', 'c') a b c >>> CommandString('a', 'b', None, 'c') a b c """ def __init__(self, *args): self.command = "" for arg in args: if not arg: continue if self.command: self.command += " " self.command += str(arg) def __repr__(self): return self.command def quote_for_shell(s): """ >>> print quote_for_shell('this is a " string') "this is a \\" string" >>> print quote_for_shell('this is a $shell variable') "this is a \\$shell variable" >>> print quote_for_shell(r'an escaped \\$') "an escaped \\\\\\$" """ returned = s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"').replace("$", "\\$") if " " in returned: returned = '"%s"' % returned return returned if __name__ == '__main__': import doctest doctest.testmod()