sub quote { local $_=$_[0]; s/(["\\])/\\$1/g; qq{"$_"} } sub unquote { local $_=$_[0]; s/^"(.*)"$/$1/ or return $_; s/\\(.)/$1/g; $_ } while () { @items = /("(?:[^"\\]|\\.)+"|[^"\s]+)/g; foreach (@items) { $_ = unquote($_); print(Win32::GetShortPathName($_) || quote($_), ' '); } print("\n"); }