NAME
EBook::Ishmael::ShellQuote - Quote strings to be used in shell commands
SYNOPSIS
use EBook::Ishmael::ShellQuote qw(shell_quote);
my $quote = shell_quote("$ <-- literally a dollar sign");
system "echo $quote";DESCRIPTION
EBook::Ishmael::ShellQuote is a module that provides the shell_quote() subroutine for quoting strings to be passed as arguments to a shell command. This is a private module, consult the ishmael manual for user documentation.
SUBROUTINES
- $quoted = shell_quote($string)
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Returns the double-quote-quotted version of the given string. Characters like
$,`, and"will be escaped via a backslash, and the string will be wrapped in double quotes.
AUTHOR
Written by Samuel Young, <samyoung12788@gmail.com>.
This project's source can be found on its Codeberg Page. Comments and pull requests are welcome!
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2025 Samuel Young
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.