// take an un-split argv string and tokenize it. module.exports = function (argString) { if (Array.isArray(argString)) return argString argString = argString.trim() var i = 0 var prevC = null var c = null var opening = null var args = [] for (var ii = 0; ii < argString.length; ii++) { prevC = c c = argString.charAt(ii) // split on spaces unless we're in quotes. if (c === ' ' && !opening) { if (!(prevC === ' ')) { i++ } continue } // don't split the string if we're in matching // opening or closing single and double quotes. if (c === opening) { opening = null continue } else if ((c === "'" || c === '"') && !opening) { opening = c continue } if (!args[i]) args[i] = '' args[i] += c } return args }