X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/63cb5c235ccacdc1665a89560bc8c16fcbefd8d6..31d31c010bb6b5170e3962fdd50c6d393cfe6076:/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py

diff --git a/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py b/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py
index 06ef6c1198..bd99d3c71c 100644
--- a/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py
+++ b/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import os
 import glob
+import os
+import re
 import stat
 
+BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_RE = re.compile(r'\\(.)')
+
 class SubstitutionError(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ def sub_basename(v):
 def sub_glob(v):
     l = glob.glob(v)
     if len(l) == 0:
-        raise SubstitutionError("$(glob {}) no match fonud".format(v))
+        raise SubstitutionError("$(glob {}) no match found".format(v))
     else:
         return l[0]
 
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ def do_substitution(p, c, subs=default_subs):
     while True:
         m = search(c)
         if m is None:
-            return c
+            return BACKSLASH_ESCAPE_RE.sub(r'\1', c)
 
         v = do_substitution(p, c[m[0]+2 : m[1]])
         var = True