DESCRIPTION This module downgrades strings of text to match /^[-._A-Za-z0-9]*$/ or, to be more exact /^([-.A-Za-z0-9]([-._A-Za-z0-9]*[-.A-Za-z0-9])?)?$/ This makes the return values safe to be used as URL fragments or as file names on many file systems where whitespace and characters outside of the Latin alphabet are undesired or problematic. INSTALLATION This is a Perl module distribution. It should be installed with whichever tool you use to manage your installation of Perl, e.g. any of cpanm . cpan . cpanp -i . Consult http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html for further instruction. Should you wish to install this module manually, the procedure is perl Makefile.PL make make test make install REPOSITORY The public repository of this module is L. SUPPORT The public support forum of this module is L. BUG TRACKER Please report bugs in this module via the RT CPAN bug queue at L or via mail to L. SEE ALSO L - the C subroutine does something comparable but does not squish repeating characters and removes dashes. AUTHOR Max Maischein C LICENSE This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself. COPYRIGHT (c) Copyright 2012-2024 by Max Maischein C.