1## shell.array_literal 2 3<pre> 4shell.array_literal(<a href="#shell.array_literal-iterable">iterable</a>) 5</pre> 6 7Creates a string from a sequence that can be used as a shell array. 8 9For example, `shell.array_literal(["a", "b", "c"])` would return the string 10`("a" "b" "c")`, which can be used in a shell script wherever an array 11literal is needed. 12 13Note that all elements in the array are quoted (using `shell.quote`) for 14safety, even if they do not need to be. 15 16 17### Parameters 18 19<table class="params-table"> 20 <colgroup> 21 <col class="col-param" /> 22 <col class="col-description" /> 23 </colgroup> 24 <tbody> 25 <tr id="shell.array_literal-iterable"> 26 <td><code>iterable</code></td> 27 <td> 28 required. 29 <p> 30 A sequence of elements. Elements that are not strings will be 31 converted to strings first, by calling `str()`. 32 </p> 33 </td> 34 </tr> 35 </tbody> 36</table> 37 38 39## shell.quote 40 41<pre> 42shell.quote(<a href="#shell.quote-s">s</a>) 43</pre> 44 45Quotes the given string for use in a shell command. 46 47This function quotes the given string (in case it contains spaces or other 48shell metacharacters.) 49 50 51### Parameters 52 53<table class="params-table"> 54 <colgroup> 55 <col class="col-param" /> 56 <col class="col-description" /> 57 </colgroup> 58 <tbody> 59 <tr id="shell.quote-s"> 60 <td><code>s</code></td> 61 <td> 62 required. 63 <p> 64 The string to quote. 65 </p> 66 </td> 67 </tr> 68 </tbody> 69</table> 70 71 72