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[perl5.git] / lib / shellwords.pl
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1;# shellwords.pl
2;#
3;# Usage:
4;# require 'shellwords.pl';
5;# @words = &shellwords($line);
6;# or
7;# @words = &shellwords(@lines);
8;# or
9;# @words = &shellwords; # defaults to $_ (and clobbers it)
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10
11sub shellwords {
12 package shellwords;
13 local($_) = join('', @_) if @_;
14 local(@words,$snippet,$field);
15
16 s/^\s+//;
17 while ($_ ne '') {
18 $field = '';
19 for (;;) {
86a5040c 20 use re 'taint'; # leave strings tainted
a0d0e21e 21 if (s/^"(([^"\\]|\\.)*)"//) {
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22 ($snippet = $1) =~ s#\\(.)#$1#g;
23 }
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24 elsif (/^"/) {
25 die "Unmatched double quote: $_\n";
26 }
a0d0e21e 27 elsif (s/^'(([^'\\]|\\.)*)'//) {
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28 ($snippet = $1) =~ s#\\(.)#$1#g;
29 }
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30 elsif (/^'/) {
31 die "Unmatched single quote: $_\n";
32 }
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33 elsif (s/^\\(.)//) {
34 $snippet = $1;
35 }
36 elsif (s/^([^\s\\'"]+)//) {
37 $snippet = $1;
38 }
39 else {
40 s/^\s+//;
41 last;
42 }
43 $field .= $snippet;
44 }
45 push(@words, $field);
46 }
47 @words;
48}
491;