ghostty/macos/Sources/Ghostty/Ghostty.Shell.swift

extension Ghostty {
    struct Shell {
        // Characters to escape in the shell.
        static let escapeCharacters = "\\ ()[]{}<>\"'`!#$&;|*?\t"

        /// Escape shell-sensitive characters in string.
        static func escape(_ str: String) -> String {
            var result = str
            for char in escapeCharacters {
                result = result.replacingOccurrences(
                    of: String(char),
                    with: "\\\(char)"
                )
            }

            return result
        }
    }
}