Re: Split string into shell words?

[Stefan Monnier]

> Given a string as in the following line:
>         foo "a b" 'c d' e\ f bar

> I'd like a function that returns the following list:

>         ("foo" "a b" "c d" "e f" "bar")

> That is, the string should be split into words like a shell would
> split it into words.

> I thought there must be a function in comint*.el or shell*.el
> somewhere, but couldn't find it.  Probably I'm blind.

It's pretty nasty to do it right:

  foo "bar $(baz "toto") titi"

should turn into "foo" "bar $(baz \"toto\") titi".
What do you need this for ?


        Stefan