Re: passing newline in string argument

$ perl -e 'use Getopt::Long;GetOptions( "string=s" => \my($string));ev
+al qq|print("string = $string\n")|'  -   -string 'foo\nbar' 
string = foo
bar
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Re^2: passing newline in string argument by haukex (Archbishop) on Aug 02, 2025 at 08:42 UTC
I think it's very well worth mentioning that eval is a massive security hole with untrusted input.	[reply]
Re^3: passing newline in string argument (avoid string eval) by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Aug 02, 2025 at 10:41 UTC
> I think it's very well worth mentioning that eval is a massive security hole* with untrusted input* Strongly agree! For string eval that is; block eval (now spelled `try` in latest versions of Perl) is fine. See also: avoid string eval References 👁️🍾👍🦟	[reply] [d/l]