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+#; shellwords.pl
+#;
+#; Usage:
+#;	require 'shellwords.pl';
+#;	@words = &shellwords($line);
+#;	or
+#;	@words = &shellwords(@lines);
+#;	or
+#;	@words = &shellwords;		# defaults to $_ (and clobbers it)
+
+sub shellwords {
+    package shellwords;
+    local($_) = join('', @_) if @_;
+    local(@words,$snippet,$field);
+
+    s/^\s+//;
+    while ($_ ne '') {
+	$field = '';
+	for (;;) {
+	    if (s/^"(([^"\\]+|\\[\\"])*)"//) {
+		($snippet = $1) =~ s#\\(.)#$1#g;
+	    }
+	    elsif (s/^'(([^'\\]+|\\[\\'])*)'//) {
+		($snippet = $1) =~ s#\\(.)#$1#g;
+	    }
+	    elsif (s/^\\(.)//) {
+		$snippet = $1;
+	    }
+	    elsif (s/^([^\s\\'"]+)//) {
+		$snippet = $1;
+	    }
+	    else {
+		s/^\s+//;
+		last;
+	    }
+	    $field .= $snippet;
+	}
+	push(@words, $field);
+    }
+    @words;
+}
+1;