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Escape string for BRE
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escape_bre.sh
#!/bin/sh
escape() {
local raw="$1"
local quoted=$(printf %s "$raw" | sed 's/[][()\.^$?*+]/\\&/g')
echo "$quoted"
return 0
}
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