Eric Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment: 1: subprocess.call is documented as taking a string, not bytes. If you think it should also take bytes, I suggest opening a separate bug as a feature request.
2: You're running into both Python and the shell escaping. If you have an odd number of backslashes, then python is converting '\a' into an ascii BEL character: http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/lexical_analysis.html#string-literals For the remaining backslashes, Python is converting every 2 into a single backslash when it does its escaping, and the shell is doing the same thing, as is echo. That accounts for 8 backslashes becoming a single backslash in the output. ---------- nosy: +eric.smith resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11095> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
