NAME ==== Text::ShellWords - Split a string into words like a command-line shell SYNOPSIS ======== ```raku use Text::ShellWords; my $input = Q{printf "%s\n" 1 "2 hello" '3 world' 4\ .}; my @output = run(:out, shell-words $input).out.lines(:close); .put for @output; # OUTPUT: «1␤2 hello␤3 world␤4 .␤» ``` DESCRIPTION =========== Text::ShellWords provides routines to split a string into words, respecting shell quoting rules. Currently only the Unix Bourne Shell (`/bin/sh`) rules are implemented. ### sub shell-words ```perl6 sub shell-words( Cool:D $input, Bool :$keep = Bool::False ) returns Mu ``` Split a string into its shell-quoted words If `keep` is True, the quote characters are preserved in the returned words. By default they are removed. AUTHOR ====== Tim Siegel COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ===================== Copyright 2020 Tim Siegel This library is free software; you can redistribute and modify it under the [Artistic License 2.0](http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0).