X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/6bbdc069109b1a51e39456b78c6727b63a9c0e1d..c5e7cbef5659a7e5e6560d5ff7cfebde7dd97527:/sdk/python/arvados/_normalize_stream.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/_normalize_stream.py b/sdk/python/arvados/_normalize_stream.py
index 2619ba5086..b579d41ed2 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/_normalize_stream.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/_normalize_stream.py
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ from . import config
 import re
 
 def escape(path):
-    # Escape literal backslash
     path = re.sub('\\\\', lambda m: '\\134', path)
-    path = re.sub('([:\000-\040])', lambda m: "\\%03o" % ord(m.group(1)), path)
+    path = re.sub('[:\000-\040]', lambda m: "\\%03o" % ord(m.group(0)), path)
     return path
 
 def normalize_stream(stream_name, stream):