shlex for windows
- Free software: Apache Software License 2.0
- Documentation: https://mslex.readthedocs.io.
This is the missing shlex package for windows shell quoting. It provides two functions -- split and quote -- just like shlex.
These are excellent articles to read if you really want to face the sanity-melting reality buried under the surface of how windows passes command line arguments to your programs. I recommend you read something else.
- How a Windows Program Splits Its Command Line Into Individual Arguments
- The original URL is now dead, but fortunately the article is backed up on the Internet Archive
- Everyone quotes command line arguments the wrong way
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