lib/foreman/export/base.rb in foreman-0.46.0-java vs lib/foreman/export/base.rb in foreman-0.47.0

@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@
     File.open(filename, "w") do |file|
       file.puts contents
     end
   end
 
+  # Quote a string to be used on the command line. Backslashes are escapde to \\ and quotes 
+  # escaped to \"
+  #
+  #   str - string to be quoted
+  #
+  # Examples
+  # 
+  #  shell_quote("FB|123\"\\1")
+  #  # => "\"FB|123\"\\"\\\\1\""
+  #
+  # Returns the the escaped string surrounded by quotes 
+  def shell_quote(str)
+    "\"#{str.gsub(/\\/){ '\\\\' }.gsub(/["]/){ "\\\"" }}\""
+  end
+
 end