Function escapeWin32CmdCommandArg

Escape a string to be safely used as a shell argument in Windows cmd.exe

It adds double quotes around a string and escapes any existing problematic characters (such as %, !, and ") by replacing them with spaces. Backslashes are escaped by doubling them.

Example:

const unsafe = 'A "complex" %string% with !special! chars \\';
const safe = escapeShellArgWindows(unsafe);
console.log(safe); // "A  complex  string  with  special  chars \\"
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