Method: Shellwords.shellsplit

Defined in:
lib/rubysl/shellwords/shellwords.rb

.shellsplit(line) ⇒ Object Also known as: split

Splits a string into an array of tokens in the same way the UNIX Bourne shell does.

argv = Shellwords.split('here are "two words"')
argv #=> ["here", "are", "two words"]

String#shellsplit is a shorthand for this function.

argv = 'here are "two words"'.shellsplit
argv #=> ["here", "are", "two words"]



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# File 'lib/rubysl/shellwords/shellwords.rb', line 32

def shellsplit(line)
  words = []
  field = ''
  line.scan(/\G\s*(?>([^\s\\\'\"]+)|'([^\']*)'|"((?:[^\"\\]|\\.)*)"|(\\.?)|(\S))(\s|\z)?/m) do
    |word, sq, dq, esc, garbage, sep|
    raise ArgumentError, "Unmatched double quote: #{line.inspect}" if garbage
    field << (word || sq || (dq || esc).gsub(/\\(?=.)/, ''))
    if sep
      words << field
      field = ''
    end
  end
  words
end