How to convert backward slash command in python to run on Linux

Question

I get error on this line when I run code in Linux:

dst_file_path = "%s\%s" % (dst,loc[1])   

How can do this using some module. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

os.path.join will automatically include the correct directory separator based on the platform being used.

import os

dst_file_path = os.path.join(dst, loc[1])

Answer 2

dst_file_path = "%s\\%s" % (dst,loc[1]) 

Answer 3

In strings, the "\\" character is used to escape the standard meanings of other characters. For example, a newline character, which we type as "Enter," is seen in Python as \\n The backslash in your code is being read as a way to escape the usual meaning of the next character. If you just want a backslash, you have to escape the meaning of the backslash character. Ironically, this is done with another backslash: \\\\ To have Python read your strings as you would, which nullifies backslash benefits and string formatting things with % , you can put an r in front of your string, identifying it as a raw string.

Answer 4

or alternatively

dst_file_path = r"%s\%s" % (dst,loc[1])

if you're not making a filepath for the current file system, you can use the specific underlying module of os.path . For backslashes windows style

import ntpath
dst_file_path = ntpath.join(dst, loc[1])