Revisions to Parsing command line args with quotes

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You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList();

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpacesthirdArgumentWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpacesthirdArgumentWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third ArguementArgument With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
third ArguementArgument With Spaces

You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList();

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Arguement With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
third Arguement With Spaces

You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList();

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArgumentWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
thirdArgumentWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Argument With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
third Argument With Spaces

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edited Jan 8, 2020 at 3:29

Anu Viswan

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You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList().Skip(1);

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Arguement With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
third Arguement With Spaces

You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList().Skip(1);

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Arguement With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
second arg that has spaces
third Arguement With Spaces

You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList();

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Arguement With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
DoSomething 
second arg that has spaces
third Arguement With Spaces

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edited Jan 8, 2020 at 2:53

Anu Viswan

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You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList().Skip(1);

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Arguement With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
second arg that has spaces
third Arguement With Spaces

You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList().Skip(1);

You could use following Regex for the purpose.

[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+

For example,

var commandList = Regex.Matches(baseCommand, @"[\""].+?[\""]|[^ ]+")
                .Cast<Match>()
                .Select(x => x.Value.Trim('"'))
                .ToList().Skip(1);

Sample 1 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Output

Command List
------------
second arg that has spaces
thirdArguementWithoutSpaces

Sample 2 Input

DoSomething "second arg that has spaces" "third Arguement With Spaces"

Output

Command List
------------
second arg that has spaces
third Arguement With Spaces

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answered Jan 8, 2020 at 2:44

Anu Viswan

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