diff --git a/cmake/RegexUtils.cmake b/cmake/RegexUtils.cmake
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+function(escape_string_as_regex _str_out _str_in)
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\\\" "\\\\\\\\" FILETEST2 "${_str_in}")
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "([.$+*?|-])" "\\\\\\1" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}")
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\^" "\\\\^" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}")
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\(" "\\\\(" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}")
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\)" "\\\\)" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}")
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\[" "\\\\[" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}")
+  STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\\]" "\\\\]" FILETEST2 "${FILETEST2}")
+  SET(${_str_out} "${FILETEST2}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(test_escape_string_as_regex)
+  SET(test1 "\\.^$-+*()[]?|")
+  escape_string_as_regex(test2 "${test1}")
+  SET(testRef "\\\\\\.\\^\\$\\-\\+\\*\\(\\)\\[\\]\\?\\|")
+  if(NOT test2 STREQUAL testRef)
+	message("Error in the escape_string_for_regex function : \n   ${test1} was escaped as ${test2}, should be ${testRef}")
+  endif(NOT test2 STREQUAL testRef)
+endfunction()
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