26 Feb
2008
26 Feb
'08
4:11 p.m.
In bash, given a string assignment as follows, how do I "add slashes" automagically, so that it can be safely passed to another program? Notice that the assignment contains spaces, single-quotes and double-quotes, maybe god-only-knows-what-else. It's untrusted data.
Yet I need to pass it all *safely*.
The appropriate function in PHP is addslashes(); but what is the bash equivalent? EG:
#! /bin/sh A="This isn't a "parameter""; B=`/path/to/somecommand.sh $A`; exit 0;
Thanks,
-Ben -- Only those who reach toward a goal are likely to achieve it.
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