I want to extract the value from a string that (I assume) could look a mix of any of the following formats: 

--rsync-path = 'blah blah'                 # might be spaces before/af
+ter equal sign
--rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync                # no quotes around value (a
+ssuming this is allowed by rsync)
--rsync-path="blah blah \"blah"            # double quotes, with possi
+ble escaped quotes
--rsync-path='blah blah \'blah'            # single quotes, with possi
+ble escaped quotes
--rsync-path='blah blah' --another-option  # additional options might 
+follow
--another-option --rsync-path='blah blah'  # additional options might 
+precede (and follow)

# any other tricky alternatives I'm forgetting?

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So basically, I want to simulate how bash extracts the value but with perl.

I could probably create some regexes for this but I'm quite sure some obscure scenario will be left out not to mention the possibility of badly malformed user input. So is there any module out there that might make extracting this value more of a no-brainer?

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