Ruby Shellwords.shellescape for Windows?

Question

Normally when taking user input I would do something like system("echo #{Shellwords.shellescape(data)}") but on Windows I always get:

[2] pry(main)> system("echo #{Shellwords.shellescape(var1)}")
Hello\ \'\ world => true

Is there a way I can properly escape for Windows?

There is no answer and it's already been accepted without an answer. — Jordon Bedwell, Dec 26 '11 at 11:39

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 26 '11 at 23:16

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The best solution is to use 2 parameters with system or exec. The second parameter doesn't need to be escaped because it doesn't get expanded:

system("echo", var1)

answered Dec 26 '11 at 23:16

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