On Fri, 3 May 2002, Estep, Greg {PBSG} wrote:
> I am writing a piece of code for the UNIX environment which needs to pass a
> message string of unknown content which can include any printable ASCII
> value. I am looking for the best way to escape the "special" values. My
> code (it accomplishes the goal) at this time is:
>
> $sMessage =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; # escape '\'
> [....]
> $sMessage =~ s/\$/\\\$/g; # escape '%'
>
> Please give me your suggestions as to the best approach.
How about:
$sMessage =~ s/([\\|()<>;`'&%])/\\$1/g;
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