UnixCommandLineArgsSanitizer.java

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package com.xebialabs.overthere.util;

public class UnixCommandLineArgsSanitizer {

    private static final char[] UNIX_SHELL_CHARS = " \"';{}()&$\\|*?><\n\r\t".toCharArray();

    public static String sanitize(String str) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int j = 0; j < str.length(); j++) {
            char c = str.charAt(j);
            for (char character : UNIX_SHELL_CHARS) {
                if (character == c) {
                    builder.append('\\');
                    break;
                }
            }
            builder.append(c);
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }

    public static boolean containsAnySpecialChars(String str) {
        for (char c : UNIX_SHELL_CHARS) {
            if (str.indexOf(c) >= 0) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

}