python - List to str adding backslash \ to string using str() -

i trying extract file paths txt file. file says c:\logs. use

with open(pathfile, "r") f:     pathlist = f.readlines()

to produce list path in, , then

path1 = str(pathlist)

to produce line string. list sees line in th efile, te second command puts in backslash: c:\logs.

os.chdir(path1)

to @ path , error

windowserror: [error 123] filename, directory name, or volume label syntax incorrect: "['c:\\logs']"

why this? how can prevent it?

i looking have many paths in file , have script search each path individually. best way it?

thank much.

the backslash see "escape" character, how representation of string disambiguates existing backslash. it's not 2 backslashes

the problem pathlist list, , you're forcing str. instead, take first element of pathlist:

path1 = pathlist[0]

you may have line break @ end (another use of escape: \n or \r). solve that, use .strip()

path1 = pathlist[0].strip()

EIght