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I need to pass a subtitle path to VLC, it only takes native paths (backslashes on Windows, forward slashes on Unix) and needs space escaping.
Let's say I have a Qt native path with a space in it.
C:/Users/Thinkpad/Downloads/test file.srt
How do I convert it into this:
C:\\Users\\Thinkpad\\Downloads\\test\ file.srt
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In Python strings, the backslash "\" is a special character, also called the "escape" character. It is used in representing certain whitespace characters: "\t" is a tab, "\n" is a newline, and "\r" is a carriage return.
path. split() method in Python is used to Split the path name into a pair head and tail. Here, tail is the last path name component and head is everything leading up to that.
os.path. normpath (path) Normalize a pathname by collapsing redundant separators and up-level references so that A//B , A/B/ , A/./B and A/foo/../B all become A/B . This string manipulation may change the meaning of a path that contains symbolic links. On Windows, it converts forward slashes to backward slashes.
path. Split splits PATH immediately following the final slash, separating it into a directory and a base component. The returned values have the property that PATH = DIR + BASE . If there is no slash in PATH , it returns an empty directory and the base is set to PATH .
To handle this problem I strongly suggest using
os.path.normpath('C:/Users/Thinkpad/Downloads/test file.srt')
If you enter all of your filename strings using forward slashes, and then let os.path.normpath(path) change them to backslashes for you, this way.
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Not sure if there is anything in the standard library to handle this, but if it is just slashes and spaces you need a simple string replace will be faster and simpler. i.e.
path = path.replace('/','\\').replace(' ','\ ')
answered Sep 29 '22 23:09
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