Handle spaces in argparse input

Question

Using python and argparse, the user could input a file name with -d as the flag.

parser.add_argument(\"-d\", \"--dmp\", default=None)

Howev

Answer 1

You need to surround your path with quotes such as:

python programname.py -path "c:\My path with spaces"

In the argument parse you get a list with one element. You then have to read it like:

path = args.path[0]