Use python format strings for args.then

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Que/client.py b/Que/client.py
index f4ee601..1063eb8 100755
--- a/Que/client.py
+++ b/Que/client.py
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ def then(args, msg):
     if args.then:
         logging.debug("then")
         subprocess.run(
-            args.then.replace(r"\msg", msg).replace(r"\que", args.target),
-            check=False,
-            shell=True,
+            args.then.format(msg=msg, que=args.target), check=False, shell=True,
         )
 
 
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ def get_args():
             [
                 "when polling, run this shell command after each response,",
                 "presumably for side effects,"
-                r"replacing '\que' with the target and '\msg' with the body of the response",
+                r"replacing '{que}' with the target and '{msg}' with the body of the response",
             ]
         ),
     )