split string saving screened spaces

[Giovanni Bajo]

Sergey wrote:

> Which module to use to do such thing:

> "-a -b -c '1 2 3'" -> ["-a", "-b", "-c", "'1 2 3'"]


>>> import shlex
>>> shlex.split("-a -b -c '1 2 3'")
['-a', '-b', '-c', '1 2 3']

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Giovanni Bajo