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class String

  # Escape special characters used in most
  # unix shells to use it, eg. with system().

  def shell_escape
    self.gsub(/([\\\t\| &`<>)('"])/) { |s| '\\' << s }
  end

end

Version data entries

22 entries across 22 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
facets-1.8.54	lib/facets/core/string/shell_escape.rb
facets-1.8.8	lib/facets/core/string/shell_escape.rb