transliterations

`rm -rf *`


(-x '/etc/passwd');


"interpolated $string";
# 
#

"string with \n line breaks (etc)";
'string with \n no $fancy tricks';

$foo =~ /\d+/;


$foo =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;

import commands
commands.getoutput("rm -rf *")

import os
os.path.exists('/etc/passwd')

"interpolated %s" % string
'interpolated %(string)s' % {'string': string}
'interpolated %s %s %s' % ($x, $y, $z)

"string with \n line breaks (etc)"
r"string with \n no $fancy tricks"

import re
re.search('\d+', foo)   # or...
foo.isdigit()
foo = foo.strip() # or
re.sub(r'^\s+|\s+$', '', foo);