Get the complete command line as-is

[TheFlyingDutchman]

>
> It seems that \" will retain the quote marks but then the spaces get
> gobbled.
>
> But if you replace the spaces with another character:
>
> python.exe test.py  \"abc#def\"#123
>
> then:
>
> import sys
> commandLine = "".join(sys.argv[1:])
>
> prints commandLine.replace('#',' ')
>
> gives:
>
> "abc def" 123
>
> Don't know if you can use that technique or not.

Came back for a second try and found out that:

python.exe test.py  "\"abc def\" 123"

import sys
commandLine = "".join(sys.argv[1:])

print commandLine

gives:

"abc def" 123