spawn-args

Turn a string of command line options into an array for child_process.spawn

install

$ npm install spawn-args

usage

 var spawnargs = require('spawn-args');
//spawnargs(argString:string[, options:object]);

var args = spawnargs('-port 80 --title "this is a title"');

/*

	[
		'-port',
		'80',
		'--title',
		'"this is a title"'
	]
	
*/

The removequotes option will remove quotes from values if they do not have spaces

 var args2 = spawnargs('-port 80 --color "red" --title "this is a title"', { removequotes: true });

/*

	[
		'-port',
		'80',
		'--title',
		'"this is a title"'
	]
	
*/

If removequotes is always then quotes will be removed even if the value contains spaces

 var args3 = spawnargs('-port 80 --color "red" --title "this is a title"', { removequotes: 'always' });

/*

	[
		'-port',
		'80',
		'--title',
		'this is a title'
	]
	
*/

license

MIT