shlex_split_command_line_string_into_tokens.py

1import shlex
2
3# A sample string with shell-style quoting and escaping
4command_line = 'mv "My File.txt" /dest/folder/ -v --name=Example\ Space'
5
6# Use shlex.split to parse the string into a list of arguments
7args = shlex.split(command_line)
8
9# Print the resulting list
10print(f"Original: {command_line}")
11print(f"Tokens:   {args}")
12
13# Example of how it handles quotes:
14# ['mv', 'My File.txt', '/dest/folder/', '-v', '--name=Example Space']