From: Maciej Pilichowski <bantu@...>
Date: 2006-11-19T02:35:06+09:00
Subject: How to use regexp to replace character with backslash plus this character

Hello,

  1.8.5.

  I want to 'correct' filenames for unix shell so I want to preceed
any let's say & with backslash. Here is code translated from my
original script in Perl -- end of the function

  return filename.gsub(/([\;\!\&\%\$\' ])/,'\\\1')  

However it doesn't do anything good. If I put space in the middle
\\ \1

  the replacament is correctly recognized. But I don't want to use
space in the middle. What's wrong here?

have a nice day
bye
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Maciej "MACiAS" Pilichowski                     http://bantu.fm.interia.pl/