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Refactor quoteStringIfNecessary to fix handling of single shell operators #905

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions src/features/execution/execUtils.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ export function quoteStringIfNecessary(arg: string): string {
return arg;
}

// Don't quote single shell operators/special characters
if (arg.length === 1 && /[&|<>;()[\]{}$]/.test(arg)) {
return arg;
}

// Quote if contains common shell special characters that are problematic across multiple shells
// Includes: space, &, |, <, >, ;, ', ", `, (, ), [, ], {, }, $
const needsQuoting = /[\s&|<>;'"`()\[\]{}$]/.test(arg);
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