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+# shellwords.rb
+# original is shellwords.pl
+#
+# Usage:
+#       require 'shellwords.rb'
+#       words = Shellwords.shellwords(line)
+#
+#	   or
+#
+#       include Shellwords
+#       words = shellwords(line)
+
+module Shellwords
+  def shellwords(line)
+    return '' unless line
+    line.sub! /^\s+/, ''
+    words = []
+    while line != ''
+      field = ''
+      while TRUE
+	if line.sub! /^"(([^"\\]|\\.)*)"/, '' then
+	  snippet = $1
+	  snippet.gsub! /\\(.)/, '\1'
+	elsif line =~ /^"/ then
+	  STDOUT.print "Unmatched double quote: $_\n"
+	  exit
+        elsif line.sub! /^'(([^'\\]|\\.)*)'/, '' then
+	  snippet = $1
+	  snippet.gsub! /\\(.)/, '\1'
+	elsif line =~ /^'/ then
+	  STDOUT.print "Unmatched single quote: $_\n"
+	  exit
+	elsif line.sub! /^\\(.)/, '' then
+	  snippet = $1
+	elsif line.sub! /^([^\s\\'"]+)/, '' then
+	  snippet = $1
+	else
+	  line.sub! /^\s+/, ''
+	  break
+	end
+	field += snippet
+      end
+      words += field
+    end
+    words
+  end
+  module_function :shellwords
+end