Re: optparse eats $

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: optparse eats $
Followup-To	comp.lang.python
Date	2011-04-19 22:36 +0200
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tazz_ben wrote:

> So, I'm using optparse as follows:
> 
> Command line:
> python expense.py ">$100" -f ~/desktop/test.txt
> ['>00']
> 
> 
> In Main:
> 
> desc = ''
> p = optparse.OptionParser(description=desc)
> 
> utilities = optparse.OptionGroup(p, 'Utility Options')
> utilities.add_option('--file', '-f', dest="file", help="Define the active
> file to analyze", default='', metavar='"<File Path>"')
> 
> (options, arguments) = p.parse_args()
> 
> print arguments  <- What is becoming ['>00']
> 
> 
> So, any ideas?  Why is including a $ eating both the dollar signa and the
> 1?

It ain't optparse, it's your shell:

$ echo ">$100"
>00
$ echo '>$100'
>$100
$

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optparse eats $ tazz_ben <ben@wbpsystems.com> - 2011-04-19 13:28 -0700
  Re: optparse eats $ John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-04-19 20:34 +0000
  Re: optparse eats $ Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-04-19 22:36 +0200

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