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PERL quotemeta Function


Syntax

quotemeta EXPR


Definition and Usage

Escapes all meta-characters in EXPR. For example, quotemeta("AB*..C") returns "'AB\*\.\.C".

Return Value

  • A string with all meta-characters escaped.

Example

Try out following example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

print quotemeta("AB*\n[.]*");

It will produce following results:

AB\*\
\[\.\]\*

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