Expand shlex.quote example (#9723)

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Éric Araujo 2011-07-29 15:08:42 +02:00
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@ -38,16 +38,33 @@ The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following functions:
.. function:: quote(s)
Return a shell-escaped version of the string *s*. The returned value is a
string that can safely be used as one token in a shell command line.
Examples::
string that can safely be used as one token in a shell command line, for
cases where you cannot use a list.
This idiom would be unsafe::
>>> filename = 'somefile; rm -rf ~'
>>> command = 'ls -l {}'.format(filename)
>>> print(command) # executed by a shell: boom!
ls -l somefile; rm -rf ~
:func:`quote` lets you plug the security hole::
>>> filename = 'somefile; rm -rf /home'
>>> command = 'ls -l {}'.format(quote(filename))
>>> print(command)
ls -l 'somefile; rm -rf /home'
ls -l 'somefile; rm -rf ~'
>>> remote_command = 'ssh home {}'.format(quote(command))
>>> print(remote_command)
ssh home 'ls -l '"'"'somefile; rm -rf /home'"'"''
ssh home 'ls -l '"'"'somefile; rm -rf ~'"'"''
The quoting is compatible with UNIX shells and with :func:`split`:
>>> remote_command = split(remote_command)
>>> remote_command
['ssh', 'home', "ls -l 'somefile; rm -rf ~'"]
>>> command = split(remote_command[-1])
>>> command
['ls', '-l', 'somefile; rm -rf ~']
The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following class: