Puppet Function: shell_split

Defined in:
vendor_modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/shell_split.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Summary

Splits a string into an array of tokens in the same way the Bourne shell does.

Overview

shell_split() ⇒ Any

This function behaves the same as ruby's Shellwords.shellsplit() function

Returns:

  • (Any) —

    array of tokens



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# File 'vendor_modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/shell_split.rb', line 8

newfunction(:shell_split, type: :rvalue, doc: <<-DOC
  @summary
    Splits a string into an array of tokens in the same way the Bourne shell does.

  @return
    array of tokens

  This function behaves the same as ruby's Shellwords.shellsplit() function
DOC
) do |arguments|
  raise(Puppet::ParseError, "shell_split(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size != 1

  string = arguments[0].to_s

  result = Shellwords.shellsplit(string)

  return result
end