2dc957a0047229db6ce0c22e7b7bafd94d524d9f
jnavarr5
  Fri Aug 22 15:12:16 2025 -0700
Importing the functions from pycbio directly into reporter.py since the package doesn't exist for python3, refs #35612

diff --git python/lib/ucscGb/qa/tables/reporter.py python/lib/ucscGb/qa/tables/reporter.py
index 780acae0536..3334c5bb188 100644
--- python/lib/ucscGb/qa/tables/reporter.py
+++ python/lib/ucscGb/qa/tables/reporter.py
@@ -1,67 +1,84 @@
 import time
-from pycbio.sys import procOps
+import re
 
 class Reporter(object):
 
     """
     Reports consistently-formatted test results to a file.
 
     output database/table/time
 
     begin a step
     output database/table/time
     output command line
     output from step
     end step
 
     """
 
     def __init__(self, fh):
         self.fh = fh
         self.db = None
         self.table = None
         self.description = None
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def shQuoteWord(word):
+        """quote word so that it will evaluate as a simple string by common Unix
+        shells"""
+        # help from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/498202/
+        word = str(word)
+        if re.match(r"^[-+./_=,:@0-9A-Za-z]+$", word):
+            return word
+        else:
+            return "\\'".join("'" + c + "'" for c in word.split("'"))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def shQuote(words):
+        """quote a list of words so that it will evaluate as simple strings by
+        common Unix shells"""
+        return [Reporter.shQuoteWord(w) for w in words]
+
     @staticmethod
     def __formatCommand(command):
         """Turns command list into string, keeping whitespace quoted."""
-        return " ".join(procOps.shQuote(command))
+        return " ".join(Reporter.shQuote(command))
 
     def beginStep(self, db, table, description):
         """To be run at the beginning of each test. Sets variables."""
         assert self.db == None
         self.db = db
         self.table = table
         self.description = description
 
     def writeLine(self, line):
         """Writes line to file handle followed by newline."""
         self.fh.write(line + "\n")
         self.fh.flush()
 
     def writeBlankLine(self):
         """Writes an empty line to the file."""
         self.fh.write("\n")
         self.fh.flush()
 
     def writeCommand(self, command):
         """Formats command list as string and writes it to file. """
         self.fh.write(self.__formatCommand(command) + "\n")
         self.fh.flush()
 
     def writeTimestamp(self):
         """Writes the current date and time to the file."""
         self.fh.write(time.asctime() + "\n")
         self.fh.flush()
 
     def writeStepInfo(self):
         """Writes current step information and timestamp to file."""
         self.fh.write(self.description + "\n")
         self.fh.flush()
 
     def endStep(self):
         """To be run at the end of each test. Clears variables and writes a blank line."""
         self.db = None
         self.table = None
         self.description = None
         self.writeBlankLine()