Shellwords provides functions to manipulate strings according to the word parsing rules of the UNIX Bourne shell. It is based on the Ruby module of the same name.
Add "shellwords" to your package.json file and run npm install.
var shellwords = require("shellwords");
shellwords.split("foo 'bar baz'");
// ["foo", "bar baz"]
shellwords.escape("What's up, yo?");
// 'What\\\'s\\ up,\\ yo\\?'# Shellwords
Shellwords provides functions to manipulate strings according to the word parsing rules of the UNIX Bourne shell. It is based on [the Ruby module of the same name](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/shellwords/rdoc/Shellwords.html).
## Installation
Add "shellwords" to your `package.json` file and run `npm install`.
## Example
``` javascript
var shellwords = require("shellwords");
shellwords.split("foo 'bar baz'");
// ["foo", "bar baz"]
shellwords.escape("What's up, yo?");
// 'What\\\'s\\ up,\\ yo\\?'
```