Okay I messed up with slash instead of backslash, so the re.sub() works, but I am still curious about the previous question.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:14 PM, C Smith <illusiontechniq...@gmail.com> wrote: > Even when I am using: > re.sub('/s', '\\/s', filename) > I am still getting the same output, even trying to assign the above to > a new variable doesn't work (as I wasn't sure if re.sub returned a new > value or changed filename in place, I tried both with) > Does the Python interpreter strip off backslashes or something with strings? > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 5:53 PM, C Smith <illusiontechniq...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>Change: >> >> >>>subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', filename, str(track)+'.mp3']) >> >>>to: >> >>>subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', '"%s"' % filename, str(track)+'.mp3']) >> >> I still get the same errors, the filenames are passed to the shell >> without escaping the spaces. >> >>>Why not using ffmpeg without jumping into Python. It's well documented, >>>check Google. >> >> I guess you mean that the ability to change multiple files with ffmpeg >> is possible. I hadn't considered that but I would rather do it with >> Python, just for the practice. >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Emile <em...@salesinq.com> wrote: >>> On 7/31/2014 1:19 PM, C Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> I get >>>> TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for %: 'int' and 'str >>>> I am not understanding the use of the list inside the subprocess.call(). >>>> I tried all of the following >>>> subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', '%s', str(track)+'.mp3']) % filename >>>> --gives type error stated above >>>> subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', '%s', str(track)+'.mp3'] % filename) >>>> --same >>>> subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', '%s', str(track)+'.mp3' % filename]) >>>> -- TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting >>>> and tried all three with the triple quotes, just to be sure. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Emile van Sebille <em...@fenx.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You might try using '"%s"' % filename so that the name is within quotes >>>>> for the shell environment. >>> >>> >>> Change: >>> >>> >>> subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', filename, str(track)+'.mp3']) >>> >>> to: >>> >>> subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', '"%s"' % filename, str(track)+'.mp3']) >>> >>> Emile >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor