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title	id	weight	draft	author
sanitize	sanitize	40	false	people

NAME

sanitize

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

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

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

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

result - string - a websafe string