on 3/28/03 12:23 PM, Rich Morin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Let's say that I want to use a command (e.g., md5) on a file. No
> problem; just use:
>
> system("md5 $file");
>
> Except that the file name could contain all manner of white space
> characters, shell wildcard characters, etc. Is there a module that
> deals with this sort of thing (e.g., wrapping each argument in the
> appropriate kinds of quoting)?
I've seen regex's that strip non-alphanumeric charactors, white space, etc.
Other than that, wouldn't you just use something like this?
system("md5", '$file');
If that's just plain stupid, please forgive me, I'm not a guru, japh....
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