Hello,

say we have this strange string:

c:\windows\folder.exe with .exe\our.exe prog.com -par1 /param2.exe

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where: 
c:\windows\ -folder
folder.exe with .exe\  - folder with blanks in his name
our.exe prog.com  - the program with blanks in his name
-par1 /param2.exe -parameters

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of course it wasn't real example but its easy possible to construct.

I am trying to separate path to executable, executable and parameters. I can separate program with single .exe/.com/.bat extension by using: 
=~/(.+?\.\w{3})( +)(.+)/

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but this regexp fail with such extreme example.

It seems only regexp not enough here..

any ideas?

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