shellQuote

fnstring shellQuote(string unquotedString)

Quotes a string so that the shell (/bin/sh) will interpret the quoted string to mean unquoted_string.

If you pass a filename to the shell, for example, you should first quote it with this function.

The return value must be freed with [glib.global.gfree].

The quoting style used is undefined (single or double quotes may be used).

Parameters

unquotedStringa literal string

Returns

quoted string