#!/usr/bin/perl -T

use strict;
use URI::Escape;
use CGI qw/:standard/;

my $unsafestring = "\$5/[3454]/this is a windows filename.asp";
my $safestring = uri_escape($unsafestring);

print header,
      start_html("start"),
      p("unsafe URL is: $unsafestring\n"),
      p("url_escape() function:$safestring\n"),
      end_html;

exit;