From 40387917c8ba4703aee111e1cf37dcd793e39ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Maier <>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 16:01:15 +0100
Subject: partial shell string parser

---
 src/parse.rs | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/parse.rs')

diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index 2da97c7..a685f5d 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,94 @@ pub struct Pipes {
     pub cmds: Vec<Command>,
 }
 
+pub enum StringPart {
+    Boring(BString),
+    Var(BString),
+    Cmd(Ast),
+}
+
+/// `"hi ${var} $(cmd) "` gets mapped to `[Boring("hi "), Var("var"), String(" "), Cmd(...), Boring(" ")]`
+pub struct ShellString {
+    parts: Vec<StringPart>,
+}
+
+fn is_symbol(x: u8) -> bool {
+    match x {
+        b'|' => true,
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
+impl Parse for ShellString {
+    fn parse(b: &mut Cursor<'_>) -> Result<Self> {
+        b.spaces();
+        if b.is_empty() {
+            return Err(ParseError::Eof);
+        }
+
+        let mut delim = b.peek();
+        if delim != b'\'' && delim != b'"' {
+            delim = b' ';
+        } else {
+            b.adv();
+        }
+
+        let mut parts = Vec::new();
+        let p = &mut parts;
+        let mut escaping = false;
+
+        let add_char = |p: &mut Vec<StringPart>, x: u8| match p.last_mut() {
+            Some(StringPart::Boring(v)) => v.push(x),
+            _ => p.push(StringPart::Boring(vec![x])),
+        };
+
+        while b.has() {
+            let x = b.peek();
+
+            if escaping {
+                add_char(p, x);
+                escaping = false;
+                b.adv();
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if x == delim {
+                if delim != b' ' {
+                    b.adv();
+                }
+                return Ok(Self { parts });
+            }
+
+            b.adv();
+
+            if x == b'\\' {
+                escaping = true;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if x == b'$' {
+                todo!()
+            }
+
+            if delim == b' ' && is_symbol(x) {
+                return Ok(Self { parts });
+            }
+
+            add_char(p, x);
+        }
+
+        if b.is_completion() {
+            Ok(Self { parts })
+        } else {
+            Err(ParseError::Eof)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Command {
-    pub cmd: Vec<u8>,
-    pub args: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    pub cmd: BString,
+    pub args: Vec<BString>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
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