Maybe B::perlstring() will do what you need:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ perl -lMB=perlstring -e '$var = "\n\r\f"; print perlstring( "$var bla\"\\ \n" )'
"\n\r\f bla\"\\ \n"
I didn't know about that subroutine. Thank you very much!
James
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