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# Suraj Kurapati -- http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/261459
class String
  # Transforms this string into an escaped POSIX shell argument.
  def shell_escape
    inspect.gsub(/\\(\d{3})/) {$1.to_i(8).chr}
  end
end

Version data entries

15 entries across 15 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
automate-it-0.9.2	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automate-it-0.9.1	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automate-it-0.9.0	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71103	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71220	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71104	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71111	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71112	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71219	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71221	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71226.1	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71226	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.80116	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.71230	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb
automateit-0.80624	lib/ext/shell_escape.rb