shell-quote
===========

Parse and quote shell commands.

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example
=======

quote
-----

``` js
var quote = require('shell-quote').quote;
var s = quote([ 'a', 'b c d', '$f', '"g"' ]);
console.log(s);
```

output

```
a 'b c d' \$f '"g"'
```

parse
-----

``` js`
var parse = require('shell-quote').parse;
var xs = parse('a "b c" \\$def \'it\\\'s great\'');
console.dir(xs);
```

output

```
[ 'a', 'b c', '\\$def', 'it\'s great' ]
```

methods
=======

``` js
var quote = require('shell-quote').quote;
var parse = require('shell-quote').parse;
```

quote(args)
-----------

Return a quoted string for the array `args` suitable for using in shell
commands.

parse(cmd)
----------

Return an array of arguments from the quoted string `cmd`.

install
=======

With [npm](http://npmjs.org) do:

```
npm install shell-quote
```

license
=======

MIT