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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