new function RXLITERAL() for escaping regex characters

[cgilite] / storage.sh

diff --git a/storage.sh b/storage.sh
index 22e6accbcba7cddd75bbaec0235a174b4aa53bd3..5c61df0a041e75df0e1ee0e81aa0c09078cdabc1 100755 (executable)
--- a/storage.sh
+++ b/storage.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Copyright 2018, 2019, 2021 Paul Hänsch
-#
-# This is a file format helper, part of CGIlite.
+# Copyright 2018 - 2021 Paul Hänsch
 # 
-# CGIlite is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
+# Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
 # 
-# CGIlite is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-# along with CGIlite.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+# SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR
+# IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 [ -n "$include_storage" ] && return 0
 include_storage="$0"
@@ -97,6 +94,21 @@ UNSTRING(){
   printf '%s\n' "$out"
 }
 
+RXLITERAL(){
+  # sed -E 's;[].*+?^${}()|\[];\\&;g'
+  local in out=''
+  [ $# -gt 0 ] && in="$*" || in="$(cat)"
+  while [ "$in" ]; do case $in in
+    [.+^\$\{\}\(\)\[\]\*\?\|\\]*)
+      out="${out}\\${in%"${in#?}"}"; in="${in#?}";
+      ;;
+    *)out="${out}${in%%[.+^\$\{\}\(\)\[\]\*\?\|\\]*}"
+      in="${in#"${in%%[.+^\$\{\}\(\)\[\]\*\?\|\\]*}"}"
+      ;;
+  esac; done
+  printf '%s\n' "$out"
+}
+
 DBM() {
   local file="$1" cmd="$2"
   local k v key value