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diff --git a/plugins/utils.c b/plugins/utils.c
index 685a638a..a5245c67 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;
+}