quotemeta . string . sncode
QUOTEMETA
NAME
quotemeta - Quotes and protects metacharacters.
SYNOPSIS
quotemeta(str)
PARAMETERS
- str
- String to be quoted.
DESCRIPTION
This function protects metacharacters: it will return the input string after having introduced an antislash before each one of these characters: .\+*?^($)[]
RETURN
- Returns the string with its metacharacters quoted.
EXAMPLES
Note: In the followings examples, the _ between the { should be removed to make it work.
in: res={_{quotemeta(".\/*")}}.
out: res=\.\\\/\*.
AUTHOR
Written by Pusnei Sergey and Caroline Laplante, <sergey@sednove.com>
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