Tests for quoting with fabric.contrib.files.append. original.txt is generated using 6c483ef261ab8ed243b39a337b0382a8c84e5994, patched version using 6d91ffff8cb1c9ed468475a6ca4d167751f4dff0

examples.txt

test (one)
test '(' \ ) two
test "'three)' '' the
test \'a\'$ four
test ""'""'' five
^six $(('")"((thing)it's)'\'')'' test$
_test%(seven')')

fabfile.py

from __future__ import with_statement
from fabric.api import cd, hosts, run, settings
from fabric.contrib import files
import tempfile
import shutil

@hosts('localhost')
def test_compare(delete_tmp='yes'):
    test_lines = [s.replace('\n', '') for s in open('examples.txt').readlines()]

    td = tempfile.mkdtemp()
    print 'tmpdir: %s' % td

    with cd(td):
        with settings(warn_only=True):
            for i in range(len(test_lines)):
                tl = test_lines[i]
                tf = 'example%d.txt' % (i+1)
                files.append(tf, tl)
                files.append(tf, tl)
                run('cat %s' % tf)

    if delete_tmp == 'yes':
        shutil.rmtree(td)

original.txt

[localhost] Executing task 'test_compare'
tmpdir: /tmp/tmpkGR7dB
[localhost] run: echo 'test (one)' >> example1.txt
[localhost] run: cat example1.txt
[localhost] out: test (one)

[localhost] run: echo 'test \'(\' \ ) two' >> example2.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo 'test \'(\' \ ) two' >> example2.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test \'(\' \ ) two' >> example2.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test \'(\' \ ) two' >> example2.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo 'test \'(\' \ ) two' >> example2.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test \'(\' \ ) two' >> example2.txt'


[localhost] run: cat example2.txt
[localhost] out: cat: example2.txt: No such file or directory

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'cat example2.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test "\'three)\' \'\' the' >> example3.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo 'test "\'three)\' \'\' the' >> example3.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test "\'three)\' \'\' the' >> example3.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test "\'three)\' \'\' the' >> example3.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo 'test "\'three)\' \'\' the' >> example3.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test "\'three)\' \'\' the' >> example3.txt'


[localhost] run: cat example3.txt
[localhost] out: cat: example3.txt: No such file or directory

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'cat example3.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test \\'a\\'$ four' >> example4.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test \\'a\\'$ four' >> example4.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test \\'a\\'$ four' >> example4.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test \\'a\\'$ four' >> example4.txt'


[localhost] run: cat example4.txt
[localhost] out: cat: example4.txt: No such file or directory

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'cat example4.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test ""\'""\'\' five' >> example5.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test ""\'""\'\' five' >> example5.txt'


[localhost] run: echo 'test ""\'""\'\' five' >> example5.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo 'test ""\'""\'\' five' >> example5.txt'


[localhost] run: cat example5.txt
[localhost] out: cat: example5.txt: No such file or directory

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'cat example5.txt'


[localhost] run: echo '^six $((\'")"((thing)it\'s)\'\\'\')\'\' test$' >> example6.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo '^six $((\'")"((thing)it\'s)\'\'\')\'\' test$' >> example6.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo '^six $((\'")"((thing)it\'s)\'\\'\')\'\' test$' >> example6.txt'


[localhost] run: echo '^six $((\'")"((thing)it\'s)\'\\'\')\'\' test$' >> example6.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo '^six $((\'")"((thing)it\'s)\'\'\')\'\' test$' >> example6.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo '^six $((\'")"((thing)it\'s)\'\\'\')\'\' test$' >> example6.txt'


[localhost] run: cat example6.txt
[localhost] out: cat: example6.txt: No such file or directory

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'cat example6.txt'


[localhost] run: echo '_test%(seven\')\')' >> example7.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo '_test%(seven\')\')' >> example7.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo '_test%(seven\')\')' >> example7.txt'


[localhost] run: echo '_test%(seven\')\')' >> example7.txt
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
[localhost] out: /bin/bash: -c: line 0: `cd /tmp/tmpkGR7dB && echo '_test%(seven\')\')' >> example7.txt'

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'echo '_test%(seven\')\')' >> example7.txt'


[localhost] run: cat example7.txt
[localhost] out: cat: example7.txt: No such file or directory

Warning: run() encountered an error (return code 1) while executing 'cat example7.txt'



Done.
Disconnecting from localhost... done.

patched.txt

[localhost] Executing task 'test_compare'
tmpdir: /tmp/tmpXt5cpS
[localhost] run: echo 'test (one)' >> example1.txt
[localhost] run: cat example1.txt
[localhost] out: test (one)

[localhost] run: echo 'test '\\''('\\'' \ ) two' >> example2.txt
[localhost] run: cat example2.txt
[localhost] out: test '(' \ ) two

[localhost] run: echo 'test "'\\''three)'\\'' '\\'''\\'' the' >> example3.txt
[localhost] run: cat example3.txt
[localhost] out: test "'three)' '' the

[localhost] run: echo 'test \'\\''a\'\\''$ four' >> example4.txt
[localhost] run: cat example4.txt
[localhost] out: test \'a\'$ four

[localhost] run: echo 'test ""'\\''""'\\'''\\'' five' >> example5.txt
[localhost] run: cat example5.txt
[localhost] out: test ""'""'' five

[localhost] run: echo '^six $(('\\''")"((thing)it'\\''s)'\\''\'\\'''\\'')'\\'''\\'' test$' >> example6.txt
[localhost] run: cat example6.txt
[localhost] out: ^six $(('")"((thing)it's)'\'')'' test$

[localhost] run: echo '_test%(seven'\\'')'\\'')' >> example7.txt
[localhost] run: cat example7.txt
[localhost] out: _test%(seven')')


Done.
Disconnecting from localhost... done.