[lug] Perl question: how to print embedded metacharacters

[David L. Anselmi]

Chip Atkinson wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion.  While I'm not too worried about security since
> it's a semi-personal utility, it's always good to consider just the same.
>
> The most important thing is speed since the files are rather huge.  I
> think I'll implement the regex/hash approach tomorrow.

Do you already know (for certain) how many things you need to put in the 
hash?  Otherwise I'd use String::Interpolate.

Dave