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// take an un-split argv string and tokenize it.
module.exports = function (argString) {
if (Array.isArray(argString)) return argString
argString = argString.trim()
var i = 0
var prevC = null
var c = null
var opening = null
var args = []
for (var ii = 0; ii < argString.length; ii++) {
prevC = c
c = argString.charAt(ii)
// split on spaces unless we're in quotes.
if (c === ' ' && !opening) {
if (!(prevC === ' ')) {
i++
}
continue
}
// don't split the string if we're in matching
// opening or closing single and double quotes.
if (c === opening) {
if (!args[i]) args[i] = ''
opening = null
continue
} else if ((c === "'" || c === '"') && !opening) {
opening = c
continue
}
if (!args[i]) args[i] = ''
args[i] += c
}
return args
}