1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/utils.c b/plugins/utils.c
index 685a638..a5245c6 100644
--- a/plugins/utils.c
+++ b/plugins/utils.c
@@ -727,3 +727,33 @@ char *fperfdata (const char *label,
 
         return data;
 }
+
+char *np_escaped_string (const char *string) {
+        char *data;
+        int i, j=0;
+        data = strdup(string);
+        for (i=0; data[i]; i++) {
+                if (data[i] == '\\') {
+                        switch(data[++i]) {
+                                case 'n':
+                                        data[j++] = '\n';
+                                        break;
+                                case 'r':
+                                        data[j++] = '\r';
+                                        break;
+                                case 't':
+                                        data[j++] = '\t';
+                                        break;
+                                case '\\':
+                                        data[j++] = '\\';
+                                        break;
+                                default:
+                                        data[j++] = data[i];
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        data[j++] = data[i];
+                }
+        }
+        data[j] = '\0';
+        return data;
+}