import os.path path = "un\\normalized/path" p1 = os.path.normpath(path) # $pathNormalization p2 = os.path.normpath(path=path) # $pathNormalization np = os.path.normpath p3 = np(path) # $pathNormalization p4 = np(path=path) # $pathNormalization def normalize(path): return os.path.normpath(path) # $pathNormalization p5 = normalize(path) p6 = normalize(path=path)