Python: os.path.realpath() - how to fix unescaped backslashes?

Question

I want to get the path to the currently executed script.I have used
os.path.realpath(__file__), however, it returns a string like D:\My Stuff\Python\my_script.py without proper backslash escaping! How to escape them?

Answer 1

path = "D:\My Stuff\Python\my_script.py"
escaped_path = path.replace("\\", "\\\\")
print(escaped_path)

Will output

D:\\My Stuff\\Python\\my_script.py