X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/964ab3dd90ff1508efc0c77378cde2b3a4da1029..5dbf5c8ea2d9eb2bc8e10a03ca625f12ed71f12c:/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py b/crunch_scripts/crunchutil/subst.py
index 06ef6c1198..fad9b060ee 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
 
@@ -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