using shlex on the client

MP1/client.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import socket
 import sys
 import time
+import shlex
 
 PORT = 5056
 ALL_IPS = [
@@ -49,10 +50,9 @@ def grep_all_ips(ips, cmd, if_unit_test):
             client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             client_socket.connect((ip, PORT))
 
-            if if_unit_test:
-                full_cmd = cmd + f" ./machine.{i + 1}.test.log"
-            else:
-                full_cmd = cmd + f" ./machine.{i + 1}.log"
+            filename = f"machine.{i + 1}.test.log" if if_unit_test else f"machine.{i + 1}.log"
+
+            full_cmd = shlex.join(cmd + [filename])
 
             send_message(client_socket, full_cmd)
             data = receive_message(client_socket)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def grep_all_ips(ips, cmd, if_unit_test):
 
 #main
 #if unit test flag exists, then use the test log files instead of the actual log files
-cmd = "grep " + " ".join([arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if arg != "-t"])
+cmd = ["grep ", *[arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if arg != "-t"]]
 #track time
 start_time = time.perf_counter()
 match_count = grep_all_ips(ALL_IPS, cmd, if_unit_test=[x for x in sys.argv].count("-t") > 0)