title: Python reverse escape characters
body: <p>I want to convert the escaped characters back to the original form:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; myString="\\10.10.10.10\view\a"
  &gt;&gt;&gt; myString
  '\\10.10.10.10\x0biew\x07'
  &gt;&gt;&gt;desiredString=fun(myString)
  &gt;&gt;&gt;print desiredString
  '\\10.10.10.10\view\a'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I researched quite a lot and could not find a solution
  I am using Python2.6.</p>