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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require 'shellwords'
+include Shellwords
+
+describe "Shellwords#shellwords" do
+  it "honors quoted strings" do
+    shellwords('a "b b" a').should == ['a', 'b b', 'a']
+  end
+
+  it "honors escaped double quotes" do
+    shellwords('a "\"b\" c" d').should == ['a', '"b" c', 'd']
+  end
+
+  it "honors escaped single quotes" do
+    shellwords("a \"'b' c\" d").should == ['a', "'b' c", 'd']
+  end
+
+  it "honors escaped spaces" do
+    shellwords('a b\ c d').should == ['a', 'b c', 'd']
+  end
+
+  it "raises ArgumentError when double quoted strings are misquoted" do
+    lambda { shellwords('a "b c d e') }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  it "raises ArgumentError when single quoted strings are misquoted" do
+    lambda { shellwords("a 'b c d e") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+  end
+end