sys.argv arguments with spaces

Question

I'm trying to input folder names as sys.argv arguments, but am having problem with folder names that have spaces, which become multiple variables.

For example, from the command line below, "Folder Name" becomes two variables.

Program.py D:\Users\Erick\Desktop\Folder Name 

Any solutions?

Answer 1

Space is the delimiter for command line arguments. You'll be better off not using spaces in your directory and file names if possible. For entering an argument which has space in it you'll have to enclose it in quotes "folder with space".

Program.py "D:\Users\Erick\Desktop\Folder Name"

Answer 2

Assuming input is always going to be a single file/folder path:

path = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])