From: Daniel Harple <dharple@...>
Date: 2006-03-27T01:13:32+09:00
Subject: Re: String to array as command line


On Mar 26, 2006, at 6:03 PM, lubomir.markovic@gmail.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I can't find a function that takes a string as an input, parses it and
> returns an array in the exactly same way as command line is parsed  
> into
> ARGV array variable.
> Could you give me a hint?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Lubos

require 'shellwords'
args = Shellwords.shellwords('foo\ bar "another shellword"') # =>  
["foo bar", "another shellword"]

-- Daniel