From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2013-03-06T15:48:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Shellwords.escape works incorrect under windows

On 03/05/2013 07:38 PM, Leonid Shagabutdinov wrote:
> I didn't found where to post bug reports, so I decide to start new
> topic.
>
> Shellwords.escape works incorrect under windows (tested for Windows 7
> x64), here is example:
>
>
> Actual result:
>
> irb(main):001:0> require 'shellwords'
> => true
>
> irb(main):002:0> `echo #{Shellwords.escape( '123>' )} test` # should
> echo "123> test", but echo nothing
> => ""
>
> irb(main):003:0> File.read( 'test' ) # but writes file "test"
> => "123\\\n"
>
>
> Expected result:
>
> irb(main):001:0> `echo 132^> test` # the correct escape sequence, echoed
> "123> test"
> => "132> test\n"
>
>
> I didn't found github or any repository for Shellwords, so I can't
> create issue in right place. Is there any place where issues for
> stdlibs/corelibs are located?
>

You can report issues here: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

The code for shellwords is here: 
https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/trunk/lib/shellwords.rb

Looks like it is explicitly for Bourne shells, with no consideration for 
Windows. On the upside, it is just Ruby so should be easy to add what 
you need.

-Justin