Python equivalent to echo -e?
<p>Is there a python equivalent to <code>echo -e</code>?</p>

<p>In other words, is there a built-in function to convert <code>r"\x50\x79\x74\x68\x6f\x6e"</code> to <code>"Python"</code> in Python?</p>

<p><em>Edit</em>
I added the 'r' prefix, to make sure everyone understands that I do not want the python interpreter to convert this. Rather, I want to convert that 24-character string to a 6-character one.</p>
