mslex

import mslex import sys # Example 1: Quoting a string for Windows command line path_with_spaces = r'C:\Program Files\My App\app.exe' quoted_path = mslex.quote(path_with_spaces) print(f"Original path: {path_with_spaces}") print(f"Quoted path: {quoted_path}") # Expected: C:\\Program\ Files\\My\ App\\app.exe (or similar depending on for_cmd) # Example 2: Splitting a Windows command line string command_string = 'dir "C:\\Program Files" /s' args = mslex.split(command_string) print(f"Command string: {command_string}") print(f"Split arguments: {args}") # Expected: ['dir', 'C:\\Program Files', '/s'] # Example 3: Handling complex Windows quoting nuances # mslex attempts to parse both UCRT and msvcrt.dll ways by default and can raise an error if they disagree. # You can specify ucrt=True/False or like_cmd=True/False for specific behaviors. # This example demonstrates a basic split without specific runtime flags. complex_command = 'program.exe arg1 "arg 2 with spaces" ^"escaped arg^"' if sys.platform == 'win32': try: parsed_complex_args = mslex.split(complex_command) print(f"Complex command (Windows): {complex_command}") print(f"Parsed complex arguments: {parsed_complex_args}") except ValueError as e: print(f"Could not parse complex command due to ambiguity: {e}") else: print(f"mslex is primarily for Windows; skipping complex example on {sys.platform}")