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diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index dfae909..ec30d4a 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -201,3 +201,26 @@ char *ereadfile(char *path)
return estrdup(buffer);
}
+
+char *shell_escape(char *input)
+{
+ static char ret[1024];
+ unsigned int out = 0, in = 0;
+
+ ret[out++] = '\'';
+ for (in = 0; input[in] && (out < (sizeof(ret) - 7)); in++) {
+ if (input[in] == '\'') {
+ ret[out++] = '\'';
+ ret[out++] = '"';
+ ret[out++] = '\'';
+ ret[out++] = '"';
+ ret[out++] = '\'';
+ }
+ else
+ ret[out++] = input[in];
+ }
+ ret[out++] = '\'';
+ ret[out++] = '\0';
+
+ return ret;
+}