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Re: os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos
Date 2013-04-01 20:26 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID <kjcqh6$g2n$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <0c9717ca-52dd-49ce-8102-e1432883858a@googlegroups.com>

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In <0c9717ca-52dd-49ce-8102-e1432883858a@googlegroups.com> cevyne@gmail.com writes:

> someip = '192.168.01.01'
> var1 = 'lynx -dump http://' + someip + '/cgi-bin/xxxx.log&.submit=+++Go%21+++  > junk' 

'&' is a special character in shell commands.  You'll need to quote or
escape it.

Try this:

    someip = '192.168.01.01'
    var1 = 'lynx -dump "http://' + someip + '/cgi-bin/xxxx.log&.submit=+++Go%21+++"  > junk' 

Note the extra pair of double-quotes around the http:// part.

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John Gordon                   A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
gordon@panix.com              B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
                                -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"

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os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos cevyne@gmail.com - 2013-04-01 12:22 -0700
  Re: os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 06:33 +1100
  Re: os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2013-04-01 20:26 +0000
    Re: os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-04-06 09:00 +1100
    Re: os.system() with imbeded quotes on centos Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2013-04-05 16:36 -0700

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