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problem with different quotes

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3/5
Estimated time
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the mixed single- and double-quote command-line example from the issue and locate the program_options command-line splitting entry point. Compare the resulting argument vector with the expected three-argument result, using the linked centreon-collect implementation as a reference; done means the example parses as specified without breaking existing quoting behavior.

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Description

boost 1.87
alma9

When you mix " and ' in a command line unix command line, unix parser and perhaps windows one doesn't take into account the first type of quote.
An example:
with this command line: /bin/sh -c '/bin/echo "ResourceFile AdminPager: " >> /tmp/notif_toto.txt'

It split in
std::vector of length 5, capacity 8 = {"/bin/sh", "-c", "/bin/echo ResourceFile", "AdminPager:", " >> /tmp/notif_toto.txt"}

It should split in:
std::vector of length 3, capacity 8 = {"/bin/sh", "-c", "/bin/echo "ResourceFile AdminPager:" >> /tmp/notif_toto.txt"}

An example of implementation: centreon collect

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