From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2005-12-20T19:02:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Replacing single quotes and backslashes in strings


On Dec 20, 2005, at 4:15 AM, Phil Rhoades wrote:

> People,
>
> I have been trying to find a solution to this on the net but with  
> no luck:
>
> I want to get a list of file names from a dir and pass the result  
> to a du command eg:
>
> 	puts `du file_name`
>
> but if the filename has single quotes or backslashes in it eg:
>
> 	puts `du phil'sfile_name`    or:    puts `du phil\sfile_name`
>
> I have replace them with eg:
>
> 	puts `du phil\'sfile_name`    or:    puts `du phil\\sfile_name`
>
> I have tried all sorts of combinations with gsub with no success . .
>
> Is there a solution with gsub or something else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
> -- 
> Philip Rhoades
>
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>

str = %q{du phil'sfile_name}
puts `#{str.gsub(/['\\]/) { |meta_char| case meta_char; when "\\"; "\\ 
\\"; when "'"; "\\'"; end }}`