Full command line as it was typed

Question

I want to get the full command line as it was typed.

This:

\" \".join(sys.argv[:])

doesn\'t work here (deletes double quotes). Also I pr

Answer 1

As mentioned, this probably cannot be done, at least not reliably. In a few cases, you might be able to find a history file for the shell (e.g. - "bash", but not "tcsh") and get the user's typing from that. I don't know how much, if any, control you have over the user's environment.