in reply to Validate windows filenames.

Two things. Character classes, [], makes alternatives read easier, and always, always, always specify what you ALLOW. 

sub sanitize_it {
  $_[0] =~ s/[^\w.,\-={}()\[\]!@#\$%^&'`~]/$_[1]/g;
  return $_[0];
}

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Good Day,
    Dean

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Re^2: Validate windows filenames.
by zzspectrez (Hermit) on Aug 04, 2005 at 04:26 UTC

    +++
    Im still learning to use regexes and havent used character classes. Good example.

    Thanks..

    zzSPECTREz
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