title: Python - Spaces in Filenames
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35817/how-to-escape-os-system-calls-in-python">How to escape os.system() calls in Python?</a>  </p>
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  <p>Is there a Python method of making filenames safe (ie. putting \ infront of spaces and escaping ( , ), symbols) programatically in Python?</p>