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WhiteHotLoveTiger
WhiteHotLoveTiger

Reputation: 2228

Can I pass Python command line arguments which include '#'? (Without escaping?)

I'm trying to write a Python script which grabs command line arguments and uses them as search terms with the twitter api. I'd like to allow others using the script to insert a hashtag as a search term without having to escape the hash, or pound sign.

Here's a two line script illustrating my issue:

import sys
print "\n".join(sys.argv[1:])

Example usage:

$ python example.py one two \#three #four five
one
two
#three
$

Is there a way I could get in arguments which include a hash without forcing the user of the script to escape them?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1239

Answers (1)

Chris Bonnell
Chris Bonnell

Reputation: 186

You could put them in quotes.

python example.py one two "#three" "#four" five

Upvotes: 3

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