shlex

Shell quoting and string splitting utilities.

Functions

quote obj

Quote a string for shell safety.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
obj		value to quote (converted with std.arg

Returns: str - The quoted string.

echo (quote "hello world")
# prints: 'hello world'

split string

Split a shell-quoted string into tokens, returning an iterator.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
string	str	string to split

Returns: Iter yielding each argument.

for arg = split "echo 'hello world'"
  echo $arg
done
# prints:
# echo
# hello world

join iterable

Join an iterable of arguments into a shell-quoted string.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
iterable		iterable of values (converted with std.arg)

Returns: str - Joined string with proper quoting.

echo $ join ["echo", "hello world"]
# prints: echo 'hello world'