Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

Defined in:

lib/mediainfo/string.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #shell_escape_double_quotes ⇒ Object

  returns the string enclosed in double quotes.

Instance Method Details

#shell_escape_double_quotes ⇒ Object

returns the string enclosed in double quotes. all characters in the string that could be harmful will be escaped.

e.g. ‘test’.shell_escape_double_quotes # => “test” ‘$\’“‘’.shell_escape_double_quotes # => ”$\‘"`“

This should work in al POSIX compatible shells.

see: www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_02_03

# File 'lib/mediainfo/string.rb', line 12

def shell_escape_double_quotes
  '"'+gsub(/\\|"|\$|`/, '\\\\\0')+'"'
end