>>>>> a = "my file number"
>>>>> a.replace(' ', '\\ ')
>> 'my\\ file\\ number'
>
> What if a has more than 1 space between words? Then I think this would
> be a safer way.
>
>>>> print "\\ ".join("my file number".split())
> my\ file\ number
If those spaces are in the actual filename, you'll want to keep them, hence
you'll need to escape those extra spaces as well.
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