Python:shlex

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Simple lexical analysis.

The shlex class makes it easy to write lexical analyzers for simple syntaxes resembling that of the Unix shell. This is often useful for writing mini-languages (e.g. in run control files for Python applications) or for parsing quoted strings.

See also

• Python
• shell

Favorite site

• shlex — Simple lexical analysis — Python 3.9.2 documentation