SANITIZE

NAME

sanitize

SYNOPSIS

surround a string in quotes making it safe to pass as an argument

USAGE

local ds = require "lib/dtutils.string"
local result = ds.sanitize(str)

str - string - the string that needs to be made safe

DESCRIPTION

sanitize converts a string into a version suitable for use passing as an argument in a system command.

RETURN VALUE

result - string - a websafe string