Fix# 11559 weird regexp in magic writefile

ppmfloss · ppmfloss · commit 7e5406215aeb · 2019-02-08T12:09:19.000-05:00
diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/osm.py b/IPython/core/magics/osm.py
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ def writefile(self, line, cell):
         The file will be overwritten unless the -a (--append) flag is specified.
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.writefile, line)
-        if re.match(r'[\'*\']|["*"]', args.filename):
+        if re.match(r'^(\'.*\')|(".*")$', args.filename):
             filename = os.path.expanduser(args.filename[1:-1])
         else:
             filename = os.path.expanduser(args.filename)
