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| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/util.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py index 67a602f7a..659a702fd 100644 --- a/python/vyos/util.py +++ b/python/vyos/util.py @@ -199,3 +199,9 @@ def is_admin() -> bool: current_user = getpass.getuser() (_, _, _, admin_group_members) = grp.getgrnam('sudo') return current_user in admin_group_members + +def escape_backslash(string: str) -> str: + """Escape single backslashes in string that are not in escape sequence""" + p = re.compile(r'(?<!\\)[\\](?!b|f|n|r|t|\\[^bfnrt])') + result = p.sub(r'\\\\', string) + return result |