initial commit with stuff from arise

lib/functions/inline/clean_xml_string.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#############                                                                                            
+# DESCRIPTION
+#############
+# Cleans special characters out of a string intended for use in xml format
+#
+#############
+# Usage:
+# clean_xml_string "string with special characters"
+
+clean_xml_string() {
+# unclean string -> clean string
+        input_string="$1"
+        # replace & with &
+        input_string=${input_string//\&/\&}
+        # replace < with &lt;
+        input_string=${input_string//</\&#60;}
+        # replace > with &gt;
+        input_string=${input_string//>/\&#62;}
+        # replace ' with &apos;
+        input_string=${input_string//\'/\&#39;}
+        # replace " with &quot;
+        input_string=${input_string//\"/\&#34;}
+        echo "$input_string"
+}