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shellparse

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v2

v2.0.0

Oct 9, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const MaxDepth

+ var ShellValueOptions = map[string]bool

+ var Shells = map[string]bool

+ var Wrappers = map[string]bool

+ func Command(words []string) (name string, args []string)

+ func CommandName(w string) string

+ func IsRedirect(w string) bool

+ func RedirectTakesNext(w string) bool

+ func RmFlags(args []string) (recursive, force bool, targets []string)

+ func RmRefused(words []string) bool

+ func Segments(s string) (segs [][]string, nested []string)

+ func Steps() int64

+ type Result int

+ const Found

+ const None

+ const TooDeep

+ func DestructiveRm(command string) Result

+ func Walk(cmd string, fn func(words []string) bool) Result