Module: CTioga2::Utils

Defined in:
lib/ctioga2/utils.rb

Overview

Various utilities

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.pdftex_quote_string(str) ⇒ Object

Quotes a string so it can be included directly within a pdfinfo statement (for instance).



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# File 'lib/ctioga2/utils.rb', line 104

def self.pdftex_quote_string(str)
  return str.gsub(/([%#])|([()])|([{}~_^])|\\/) do 
    if $1
      "\\#{$1}"
    elsif $2                  # Quoting (), as they can be quite nasty !!
      "\\string\\#{$2}"
    elsif $3
      "\\string#{$3}"
    else                      # Quoting \
      "\\string\\\\"
    end
  end
end

.shell_quote_string(str) ⇒ Object

Takes a string a returns a quoted version that should be able to go through shell expansion.



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# File 'lib/ctioga2/utils.rb', line 89

def self.shell_quote_string(str)
  if str =~ /[\s"*$()\[\]{}';\\]/
    if str =~ /'/
      a = str.gsub(/(["$\\])/) { "\\#$1" }
      return "\"#{a}\""
    else 
      return "'#{str}'"
    end
  else
    return str
  end
end