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Issue #14616: Mention shlex.quote in subprocess docs. 

Patch by Chris Rebert.
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Andrew Svetlov 2012-10-28 11:42:26 +02:00
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@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ default values. The arguments that are most commonly needed are:
from this vulnerability; see the Note in the :class:`Popen` constructor
documentation for helpful hints in getting ``shell=False`` to work.
When using ``shell=True``, :func:`shlex.quote` can be used to properly
escape whitespace and shell metacharacters in strings that are going to
be used to construct shell commands.
These options, along with all of the other options, are described in more
detail in the :class:`Popen` constructor documentation.