diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c index 493d096dc6..255803b67f 100644 --- a/tools/virsh.c +++ b/tools/virsh.c @@ -10384,6 +10384,7 @@ static int vshCommandArgvParse(vshControl *ctl, int nargs, char **argv) static vshCommandToken ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(3) vshCommandStringGetArg(vshControl *ctl, vshCommandParser *parser, char **res) { + bool single_quote = false; bool double_quote = false; int sz = 0; char *p = parser->pos; @@ -10403,16 +10404,25 @@ vshCommandStringGetArg(vshControl *ctl, vshCommandParser *parser, char **res) while (*p) { /* end of token is blank space or ';' */ - if (!double_quote && (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t' || *p == ';')) + if (!double_quote && !single_quote && + (*p == ' ' || *p == '\t' || *p == ';')) break; - if (*p == '\\') { /* escape */ + if (!double_quote && *p == '\'') { /* single quote */ + single_quote = !single_quote; + p++; + continue; + } else if (!single_quote && *p == '\\') { /* escape */ + /* + * The same as the bash, a \ in "" is an escaper, + * but a \ in '' is not an escaper. + */ p++; if (*p == '\0') { vshError(ctl, "%s", _("dangling \\")); return VSH_TK_ERROR; } - } else if (*p == '"') { /* double quote */ + } else if (!single_quote && *p == '"') { /* double quote */ double_quote = !double_quote; p++; continue;