Python shlex Module
Example
Split a shell command into tokens:
import shlex
command = 'python script.py --name "Linus Refsnes" --age 30'
tokens = shlex.split(command)
print(tokens)
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Definition and Usage
The shlex module provides utilities for parsing shell-like syntaxes and splitting strings into tokens.
Use it to parse command-line strings, configuration files, or any text that uses shell-like quoting and escaping rules.
Members
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| join() | Concatenate tokens into a shell-escaped string. |
| quote() | Return a shell-escaped version of a string. |
| shlex | Class for parsing shell-like syntaxes. |
| split() | Split a string using shell-like syntax. |
