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:mod:`shlex` --- Simple lexical analysis
========================================

.. module:: shlex
   :synopsis: Simple lexical analysis for Unix shell-like languages.

.. moduleauthor:: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
.. moduleauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
.. sectionauthor:: Gustavo Niemeyer <niemeyer@conectiva.com>

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/shlex.py`

--------------

The :class:`~shlex.shlex` class makes it easy to write lexical analyzers for
simple syntaxes resembling that of the Unix shell.  This will often be useful
for writing minilanguages, (for example, in run control files for Python
applications) or for parsing quoted strings.

The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following functions:

.. function:: split(s, comments=False, posix=True)

Split the string *s* using shell-like syntax. If *comments* is :const:`False`
   (the default), the parsing of comments in the given string will be disabled
   (setting the :attr:`~shlex.commenters` attribute of the
   :class:`~shlex.shlex` instance to the empty string).  This function operates
   in POSIX mode by default, but uses non-POSIX mode if the *posix* argument is
   false.

.. note::

Since the :func:`split` function instantiates a :class:`~shlex.shlex`
      instance, passing ``None`` for *s* will read the string to split from
      standard input.

.. function:: quote(s)

Return a shell-escaped version of the string *s*.  The returned value is a
   string that can safely be used as one token in a shell command line, for
   cases where you cannot use a list.

This idiom would be unsafe::

>>> filename = 'somefile; rm -rf ~'
      >>> command = 'ls -l {}'.format(filename)
      >>> print(command)  # executed by a shell: boom!
      ls -l somefile; rm -rf ~

:func:`quote` lets you plug the security hole::

>>> command = 'ls -l {}'.format(quote(filename))
      >>> print(command)
      ls -l 'somefile; rm -rf ~'
      >>> remote_command = 'ssh home {}'.format(quote(command))
      >>> print(remote_command)
      ssh home 'ls -l '"'"'somefile; rm -rf ~'"'"''

The quoting is compatible with UNIX shells and with :func:`split`:

>>> remote_command = split(remote_command)
      >>> remote_command
      ['ssh', 'home', "ls -l 'somefile; rm -rf ~'"]
      >>> command = split(remote_command[-1])
      >>> command
      ['ls', '-l', 'somefile; rm -rf ~']

.. versionadded:: 3.3

The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following class:

.. class:: shlex(instream=None, infile=None, posix=False, punctuation_chars=False)

A :class:`~shlex.shlex` instance or subclass instance is a lexical analyzer
   object.  The initialization argument, if present, specifies where to read
   characters from.  It must be a file-/stream-like object with
   :meth:`~io.TextIOBase.read` and :meth:`~io.TextIOBase.readline` methods, or
   a string.  If no argument is given, input will be taken from ``sys.stdin``.
   The second optional argument is a filename string, which sets the initial
   value of the :attr:`~shlex.infile` attribute.  If the *instream*
   argument is omitted or equal to ``sys.stdin``, this second argument
   defaults to "stdin".  The *posix* argument defines the operational mode:
   when *posix* is not true (default), the :class:`~shlex.shlex` instance will
   operate in compatibility mode.  When operating in POSIX mode,
   :class:`~shlex.shlex` will try to be as close as possible to the POSIX shell
   parsing rules.  The *punctuation_chars* argument provides a way to make the
   behaviour even closer to how real shells parse.  This can take a number of
   values: the default value, ``False``, preserves the behaviour seen under
   Python 3.5 and earlier.  If set to ``True``, then parsing of the characters
   ``();<>|&`` is changed: any run of these characters (considered punctuation
   characters) is returned as a single token.  If set to a non-empty string of
   characters, those characters will be used as the punctuation characters.  Any
   characters in the :attr:`wordchars` attribute that appear in
   *punctuation_chars* will be removed from :attr:`wordchars`.  See
   :ref:`improved-shell-compatibility` for more information.

.. versionchanged:: 3.6
      The *punctuation_chars* parameter was added.

.. seealso::

Module :mod:`configparser`
      Parser for configuration files similar to the Windows :file:`.ini` files.

.. _shlex-objects:

shlex Objects
-------------

A :class:`~shlex.shlex` instance has the following methods:

.. method:: shlex.get_token()

Return a token.  If tokens have been stacked using :meth:`push_token`, pop a
   token off the stack.  Otherwise, read one from the input stream.  If reading
   encounters an immediate end-of-file, :attr:`eof` is returned (the empty
   string (``''``) in non-POSIX mode, and ``None`` in POSIX mode).

.. method:: shlex.push_token(str)

Push the argument onto the token stack.

.. method:: shlex.read_token()

Read a raw token.  Ignore the pushback stack, and do not interpret source
   requests.  (This is not ordinarily a useful entry point, and is documented here
   only for the sake of completeness.)

.. method:: shlex.sourcehook(filename)

When :class:`~shlex.shlex` detects a source request (see :attr:`source`
   below) this method is given the following token as argument, and expected
   to return a tuple consisting of a filename and an open file-like object.

Normally, this method first strips any quotes off the argument.  If the result
   is an absolute pathname, or there was no previous source request in effect, or
   the previous source was a stream (such as ``sys.stdin``), the result is left
   alone.  Otherwise, if the result is a relative pathname, the directory part of
   the name of the file immediately before it on the source inclusion stack is
   prepended (this behavior is like the way the C preprocessor handles ``#include
   "file.h"``).

The result of the manipulations is treated as a filename, and returned as the
   first component of the tuple, with :func:`open` called on it to yield the second
   component. (Note: this is the reverse of the order of arguments in instance
   initialization!)

This hook is exposed so that you can use it to implement directory search paths,
   addition of file extensions, and other namespace hacks. There is no
   corresponding 'close' hook, but a shlex instance will call the
   :meth:`~io.IOBase.close` method of the sourced input stream when it returns
   EOF.

For more explicit control of source stacking, use the :meth:`push_source` and
   :meth:`pop_source` methods.

.. method:: shlex.push_source(newstream, newfile=None)

Push an input source stream onto the input stack.  If the filename argument is
   specified it will later be available for use in error messages.  This is the
   same method used internally by the :meth:`sourcehook` method.

.. method:: shlex.pop_source()

Pop the last-pushed input source from the input stack. This is the same method
   used internally when the lexer reaches EOF on a stacked input stream.

.. method:: shlex.error_leader(infile=None, lineno=None)

This method generates an error message leader in the format of a Unix C compiler
   error label; the format is ``'"%s", line %d: '``, where the ``%s`` is replaced
   with the name of the current source file and the ``%d`` with the current input
   line number (the optional arguments can be used to override these).

This convenience is provided to encourage :mod:`shlex` users to generate error
   messages in the standard, parseable format understood by Emacs and other Unix
   tools.

Instances of :class:`~shlex.shlex` subclasses have some public instance
variables which either control lexical analysis or can be used for debugging:

.. attribute:: shlex.commenters

The string of characters that are recognized as comment beginners. All
   characters from the comment beginner to end of line are ignored. Includes just
   ``'#'`` by default.

.. attribute:: shlex.wordchars

The string of characters that will accumulate into multi-character tokens.  By
   default, includes all ASCII alphanumerics and underscore.  In POSIX mode, the
   accented characters in the Latin-1 set are also included.  If
   :attr:`punctuation_chars` is not empty, the characters ``~-./*?=``, which can
   appear in filename specifications and command line parameters, will also be
   included in this attribute, and any characters which appear in
   ``punctuation_chars`` will be removed from ``wordchars`` if they are present
   there.

.. attribute:: shlex.whitespace

Characters that will be considered whitespace and skipped.  Whitespace bounds
   tokens.  By default, includes space, tab, linefeed and carriage-return.

.. attribute:: shlex.escape

Characters that will be considered as escape. This will be only used in POSIX
   mode, and includes just ``'\'`` by default.

.. attribute:: shlex.quotes

Characters that will be considered string quotes.  The token accumulates until
   the same quote is encountered again (thus, different quote types protect each
   other as in the shell.)  By default, includes ASCII single and double quotes.

.. attribute:: shlex.escapedquotes

Characters in :attr:`quotes` that will interpret escape characters defined in
   :attr:`escape`.  This is only used in POSIX mode, and includes just ``'"'`` by
   default.

.. attribute:: shlex.whitespace_split

If ``True``, tokens will only be split in whitespaces.  This is useful, for
   example, for parsing command lines with :class:`~shlex.shlex`, getting
   tokens in a similar way to shell arguments.  If this attribute is ``True``,
   :attr:`punctuation_chars` will have no effect, and splitting will happen
   only on whitespaces.  When using :attr:`punctuation_chars`, which is
   intended to provide parsing closer to that implemented by shells, it is
   advisable to leave ``whitespace_split`` as ``False`` (the default value).

.. attribute:: shlex.infile

The name of the current input file, as initially set at class instantiation time
   or stacked by later source requests.  It may be useful to examine this when
   constructing error messages.

.. attribute:: shlex.instream

The input stream from which this :class:`~shlex.shlex` instance is reading
   characters.

.. attribute:: shlex.source

This attribute is ``None`` by default.  If you assign a string to it, that
   string will be recognized as a lexical-level inclusion request similar to the
   ``source`` keyword in various shells.  That is, the immediately following token
   will be opened as a filename and input will be taken from that stream until
   EOF, at which point the :meth:`~io.IOBase.close` method of that stream will be
   called and the input source will again become the original input stream.  Source
   requests may be stacked any number of levels deep.

.. attribute:: shlex.debug

If this attribute is numeric and ``1`` or more, a :class:`~shlex.shlex`
   instance will print verbose progress output on its behavior.  If you need
   to use this, you can read the module source code to learn the details.

.. attribute:: shlex.lineno

Source line number (count of newlines seen so far plus one).

.. attribute:: shlex.token

The token buffer.  It may be useful to examine this when catching exceptions.

.. attribute:: shlex.eof

Token used to determine end of file. This will be set to the empty string
   (``''``), in non-POSIX mode, and to ``None`` in POSIX mode.

.. attribute:: shlex.punctuation_chars

Characters that will be considered punctuation. Runs of punctuation
   characters will be returned as a single token. However, note that no
   semantic validity checking will be performed: for example, '>>>' could be
   returned as a token, even though it may not be recognised as such by shells.

.. versionadded:: 3.6

.. _shlex-parsing-rules:

Parsing Rules
-------------

When operating in non-POSIX mode, :class:`~shlex.shlex` will try to obey to the
following rules.

* Quote characters are not recognized within words (``Do"Not"Separate`` is
  parsed as the single word ``Do"Not"Separate``);

* Escape characters are not recognized;

* Enclosing characters in quotes preserve the literal value of all characters
  within the quotes;

* Closing quotes separate words (``"Do"Separate`` is parsed as ``"Do"`` and
  ``Separate``);

* If :attr:`~shlex.whitespace_split` is ``False``, any character not
  declared to be a word character, whitespace, or a quote will be returned as
  a single-character token. If it is ``True``, :class:`~shlex.shlex` will only
  split words in whitespaces;

* EOF is signaled with an empty string (``''``);

* It's not possible to parse empty strings, even if quoted.

When operating in POSIX mode, :class:`~shlex.shlex` will try to obey to the
following parsing rules.

* Quotes are stripped out, and do not separate words (``"Do"Not"Separate"`` is
  parsed as the single word ``DoNotSeparate``);

* Non-quoted escape characters (e.g. ``'\'``) preserve the literal value of the
  next character that follows;

* Enclosing characters in quotes which are not part of
  :attr:`~shlex.escapedquotes` (e.g. ``"'"``) preserve the literal value
  of all characters within the quotes;

* Enclosing characters in quotes which are part of
  :attr:`~shlex.escapedquotes` (e.g. ``'"'``) preserves the literal value
  of all characters within the quotes, with the exception of the characters
  mentioned in :attr:`~shlex.escape`.  The escape characters retain its
  special meaning only when followed by the quote in use, or the escape
  character itself. Otherwise the escape character will be considered a
  normal character.

* EOF is signaled with a :const:`None` value;

* Quoted empty strings (``''``) are allowed.

.. _improved-shell-compatibility:

Improved Compatibility with Shells
----------------------------------

.. versionadded:: 3.6

The :class:`shlex` class provides compatibility with the parsing performed by
common Unix shells like ``bash``, ``dash``, and ``sh``.  To take advantage of
this compatibility, specify the ``punctuation_chars`` argument in the
constructor.  This defaults to ``False``, which preserves pre-3.6 behaviour.
However, if it is set to ``True``, then parsing of the characters ``();<>|&``
is changed: any run of these characters is returned as a single token.  While
this is short of a full parser for shells (which would be out of scope for the
standard library, given the multiplicity of shells out there), it does allow
you to perform processing of command lines more easily than you could
otherwise.  To illustrate, you can see the difference in the following snippet:

.. doctest::
   :options: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE

>>> import shlex
    >>> text = "a && b; c && d || e; f >'abc'; (def \"ghi\")"
    >>> list(shlex.shlex(text))
    ['a', '&', '&', 'b', ';', 'c', '&', '&', 'd', '|', '|', 'e', ';', 'f', '>',
    "'abc'", ';', '(', 'def', '"ghi"', ')']
    >>> list(shlex.shlex(text, punctuation_chars=True))
    ['a', '&&', 'b', ';', 'c', '&&', 'd', '||', 'e', ';', 'f', '>', "'abc'",
    ';', '(', 'def', '"ghi"', ')']

Of course, tokens will be returned which are not valid for shells, and you'll
need to implement your own error checks on the returned tokens.

Instead of passing ``True`` as the value for the punctuation_chars parameter,
you can pass a string with specific characters, which will be used to determine
which characters constitute punctuation. For example::

>>> import shlex
    >>> s = shlex.shlex("a && b || c", punctuation_chars="|")
    >>> list(s)
    ['a', '&', '&', 'b', '||', 'c']

.. note:: When ``punctuation_chars`` is specified, the :attr:`~shlex.wordchars`
   attribute is augmented with the characters ``~-./*?=``.  That is because these
   characters can appear in file names (including wildcards) and command-line
   arguments (e.g. ``--color=auto``). Hence::

>>> import shlex
      >>> s = shlex.shlex('~/a && b-c --color=auto || d *.py?',
      ...                 punctuation_chars=True)
      >>> list(s)
      ['~/a', '&&', 'b-c', '--color=auto', '||', 'd', '*.py?']

For best effect, ``punctuation_chars`` should be set in conjunction with
``posix=True``. (Note that ``posix=False`` is the default for
:class:`~shlex.shlex`.)

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