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capotej/grep_safe.rb

Created November 22, 2010 03:53
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makes string safe to grep for ps auxwww
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grep_safe.rb
# turns hey => "[h]ey"
def grep_safe(path)
"[#{path.chars.first}]#{path.chars.to_a.slice(1, path.chars.count).join}"
end
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