url-escaping a string in a shell script.

[Martin F. Krafft]

hi,
assuming that i have a string of the form "123%%%blabla*($(" available
in the shell script, how can i convert that into an escaped version
for use with the HTTP protocol? i am not a perl wizard, or else i
wouldn't ask. and maybe there is a better way.

martin;              (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
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