title: How can I read blackslashes from a file correctly?
body: <p>The following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>key = open("C:\Scripts\private.ppk",'rb').read()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>reads the file and assigns its data to the var <code>key</code>.</p>
  
  <p>For a reason, backslashes are multiplied in the process. How can I make sure they don't get multiplied?</p>