escape Escape text for regex, shell, SQL, or JSON
Flags
--mode select: regex | shell | sql | json-string default: regex
Examples
Escape special regex characters in a search string
Usage
"price is $9.99 (USD)" | escapeEscape a string for safe use in a shell command
Usage
"Hello, it's a 'wonderful' world!" | escape --mode=shellEscape single quotes for a SQL query value
Usage
"O'Brien's order #42" | escape --mode=sqlView source
(input, opts = {})=>{
switch(opts.mode || "regex"){
case "regex":
return input.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
case "shell":
return "'" + input.replace(/'/g, "'\\''") + "'";
case "sql":
return input.replace(/'/g, "''");
case "json-string":
return JSON.stringify(input).slice(1, -1);
default:
return input;
}
}