quotemeta
EXPR
This function 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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