Is there a not-ugly way to replace os.sep with '/'?

Question

So I have following problem:

"L:\GDrive\test\img.png".replace(os.sep, '/')

returning

"L:/GDrive\test/img.png"

Is there a way to replace all \ characters without manually going over all possible special symbols like \t? Need to preserve t of course.

Your string does not contain three backslash characters, it contains only two. `\t` inside a string is interpreted as a tab character. Use `r"L:\GDrive\test\img.png"` to get the string you actually meant. — Thomas, Jan 13 '22 at 10:24
Personally, I'd use Pathlib here rather than using os.sep to join paths. Pathlib will allow you to create a path in an OS independent way and at the same time, won't strip out any escaped symbols (since you aren't using / or \) — scotty3785, Jan 13 '22 at 11:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '22 at 10:28

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try use "r" before the path:

r"L:\GDrive\test\img.png".replace(os.sep, '/')

output:

'L:/GDrive/test/img.png'

answered Jan 13 '22 at 10:28

Tal Folkman

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