Name

quotemeta

Synopsis

quotemeta expr
                  

Returns the value of expr (or $_ if not specified) with all non-alphanumeric characters backslashed. This is the internal function implementing the \Q escape in interpolative contexts (including double-quoted strings, backticks, and patterns).

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