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diff --git a/pkg/commands/string-to-args.go b/pkg/commands/string-to-args.go
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+++ b/pkg/commands/string-to-args.go
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+package commands
+
+import "runtime"
+
+// ToArgv converts string s into an argv for exec.
+func ToArgv(s string) []string {
+	const (
+		InArg = iota
+		InArgQuote
+		OutOfArg
+	)
+	currentState := OutOfArg
+	currentQuoteChar := "\x00" // to distinguish between ' and " quotations
+	// this allows to use "foo'bar"
+	currentArg := ""
+	argv := []string{}
+
+	isQuote := func(c string) bool {
+		return c == `"` || c == `'`
+	}
+
+	isEscape := func(c string) bool {
+		return c == `\`
+	}
+
+	isWhitespace := func(c string) bool {
+		return c == " " || c == "\t"
+	}
+
+	L := len(s)
+	for i := 0; i < L; i++ {
+		c := s[i : i+1]
+
+		//fmt.Printf("c %s state %v arg %s argv %v i %d\n", c, currentState, currentArg, args, i)
+		if isQuote(c) {
+			switch currentState {
+			case OutOfArg:
+				currentArg = ""
+				fallthrough
+			case InArg:
+				currentState = InArgQuote
+				currentQuoteChar = c
+
+			case InArgQuote:
+				if c == currentQuoteChar {
+					currentState = InArg
+				} else {
+					currentArg += c
+				}
+			}
+
+		} else if isWhitespace(c) {
+			switch currentState {
+			case InArg:
+				argv = append(argv, currentArg)
+				currentState = OutOfArg
+			case InArgQuote:
+				currentArg += c
+			case OutOfArg:
+				// nothing
+			}
+
+		} else if isEscape(c) {
+			switch currentState {
+			case OutOfArg:
+				currentArg = ""
+				currentState = InArg
+				fallthrough
+			case InArg:
+				fallthrough
+			case InArgQuote:
+				if i == L-1 {
+					if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+						// just add \ to end for windows
+						currentArg += c
+					} else {
+						panic("Escape character at end string")
+					}
+				} else {
+					if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+						peek := s[i+1 : i+2]
+						if peek != `"` {
+							currentArg += c
+						}
+					} else {
+						i++
+						c = s[i : i+1]
+						currentArg += c
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			switch currentState {
+			case InArg, InArgQuote:
+				currentArg += c
+
+			case OutOfArg:
+				currentArg = ""
+				currentArg += c
+				currentState = InArg
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if currentState == InArg {
+		argv = append(argv, currentArg)
+	} else if currentState == InArgQuote {
+		panic("Starting quote has no ending quote.")
+	}
+
+	return argv
+}