class String - shellwords: Ruby Standard Library Documentation

# class String

### Public Instance Methods

shellescape → string click to toggle source

Escapes `str` so that it can be safely used in a Bourne shell command line.

See `Shellwords.shellescape` for details.

    # File shellwords.rb, line 238
    def shellescape
      Shellwords.escape(self)
    end

shellsplit → array click to toggle source

Splits `str` into an array of tokens in the same way the UNIX Bourne shell does.

See `Shellwords.shellsplit` for details.

    # File shellwords.rb, line 227
    def shellsplit
      Shellwords.split(self)
    end