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| author | Andrew J. Schorr <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com> | 2014-11-03 14:40:38 -0500 |
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| committer | Andrew J. Schorr <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com> | 2014-11-03 14:40:38 -0500 |
| commit | 6a9d48365f5044b64a6c270760808d17d475ca4b (patch) | |
| tree | d612b2410fe9af333a79e524f5e5102f9754feed /awklib/eg/lib/shellquote.awk | |
| parent | b4d06df669e1eaf6c98cacb5c5f299bb5324e804 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/awklib/eg/lib/shellquote.awk b/awklib/eg/lib/shellquote.awk new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cd943dc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/awklib/eg/lib/shellquote.awk @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# shell_quote --- quote an argument for passing to the shell +# +# Michael Brennan +# brennan@madronabluff.com +# September 2014 + +function shell_quote(s, # parameter + SINGLE, QSINGLE, i, X, n, ret) # locals +{ + if (s == "") + return "\"\"" + + SINGLE = "\x27" # single quote + QSINGLE = "\"\x27\"" + n = split(s, X, SINGLE) + + ret = SINGLE X[1] SINGLE + for (i = 2; i <= n; i++) + ret = ret QSINGLE SINGLE X[i] SINGLE + + return ret +} |