Python subprocess argument with equal sign and space

Question

I am trying to run a command with subprocess.check_output without using shell=True keyword argument. My command is this:

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Answer 1

Adding to @Mark's answer, I specifically needed quotes to be passed to the program as well as quotes to surround the parameter. Basically this was what I needed:

make PAYOFF="\"{{0,1,-1},{-1,0,1},{1,-1,0}}\""

Python doesn't add the extra set of quotes to the very left and very right, so adding a space in front of the equals sign did the trick.

Calling the list2cmdline functions as follows:

subprocess.list2cmdline(['make', 'PAYOFF ="{{0,1,-1},{-1,0,1},{1,-1,0}}"'])

would produce this result:

make "PAYOFF =\"{{0,1,-1},{-1,0,1},{1,-1,0}}\""