Translate escaped characters in a string

[Ben Finney]

On 2 Apr 2004 15:57:59 -0800, - wrote:
> (\n is slash+n, and not LF)

No, "\n" is backslash + n.  Slash + n would be "/n".

> I would like to use \n and other supported escape sequences when I
> write the text to a file.

Once you know the proper name for the character you're talking about,
you can find modules like this one:

    <http://www.crazy-compilers.com/py-lib/shellwords.html>

which may be helpful.

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