facundo batista zopkrbwbxubyoxgmailcom 2008422 andrew mcnabb heres really simple example bash c filetmpa b c cat file thats pretty simple list arguments single string get bash c filetmpa b c cat file get much worse especially need use backslashes think force write tuple list case id need write string uses simple double quotes backslashes ugly dont worth growing possibility write tuplelist string string use could say writing plain string incur risk enclosing parameters correctly bash level note youre still quote enclosing even tuplelist python normally treats programmer adult regards facundo blog httpwwwtaniquetilcomarplog pyar httpwwwpythonorgar _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 193803 0300 python3000 ospopen versus subprocesspopen