#!/bin/bash

## Copyright (C) 2012 - 2023 ENCRYPTED SUPPORT LP <adrelanos@whonix.org>
## See the file COPYING for copying conditions.

sanitize_variable() {
   local input
   input="$@"

   sanitize_variable_output="$(/usr/libexec/msgcollector/striphtml "$input")"
   sanitize_variable_output="$@"

   actual_string_length="${#sanitize_variable_output}"

   if [ "$actual_string_length" -gt "$max_string_length" ]; then
      ## Shorten excess length $sanitize_variable_output to $max_string_length chars.
      sanitize_variable_output="${sanitize_variable_output:0:$max_string_length}"
   fi
}
