- import re 
- regex = r"\\{2,}" 
- test_str = r"%Software\\Policies\\\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Safer\\CodeIdentifiers\\0\\Hashes\\" 
-   
-   
- subst = r"\\" 
- result = re.sub(regex, subst, test_str,0) 
-   
- if result: 
-     print (result)# your code goes here 
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