listmail wrote:
> $command =~ s/(".*) (.*")/$1:$2/g;
Try something like:
$command =~ s/("[^"]+) ([^"]+")/$1:$2/g;
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
#the problem started with using split with the space delimeter
#this code only demonstrates my attempts to respect quoted strings
#while a user enters space separated commands and parameters
#command usage: adduser userid password fullname location acce
