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+#
+# shell_escape.rb
+#
+
+require 'shellwords'
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:shell_escape, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Escapes a string so that it can be safely used in a Bourne shell command line.
+
+Note that the resulting string should be used unquoted and is not intended for use in double quotes nor in single
+quotes.
+
+This function behaves the same as ruby's Shellwords.shellescape() function.
+  EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "shell_escape(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+        "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size != 1
+
+    # explicit conversion to string is required for ruby 1.9
+    string = arguments[0].to_s
+
+    result = Shellwords.shellescape(string)
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :