Module Shellwords
In: lib/shellwords.rb

This module is originally a port of shellwords.pl, but modified to conform to POSIX / SUSv3 (IEEE Std 1003.1-2001).

Examples: 

  require 'shellwords'
  words = Shellwords.shellwords(line)

or 

  require 'shellwords'
  include Shellwords
  words = shellwords(line)

Methods

shellwords  

Public Instance methods

shellwords(line)

Split text into an array of tokens in the same way the UNIX Bourne shell does.

See the Shellwords module documentation for an example.

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