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# 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

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