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diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 4c15690..7c8dd0c 100644
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ function helpers.escape(text)
end
-- }}}
+-- {{{ Escape a string for save usage on the command line
+function helpers.shellquote(s)
+ if s == nil then return "" end
+ -- use single quotes, and put single quotes into double quotes
+ -- the string $'b is then quoted as '$'"'"'b'"'"'
+ return "'" .. s:gsub("'", "'\"'\"'") .. "'"
+end
+-- }}}
+
-- {{{ Capitalize a string
function helpers.capitalize(text)
return text and text:gsub("([%w])([%w]*)", function(c, s)