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# Shellwords
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Shellwords provides functions to manipulate strings according to the word parsing rules of the UNIX Bourne shell. It is based on [the Ruby module of the same name](http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-1.9.3/libdoc/shellwords/rdoc/Shellwords.html).
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## Installation
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Add "shellwords" to your `package.json` file and run `npm install`.
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## Example
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``` javascript
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var shellwords = require("shellwords");
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shellwords.split("foo 'bar baz'");
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// ["foo", "bar baz"]
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shellwords.escape("What's up, yo?");
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// 'What\\\'s\\ up,\\ yo\\?'
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```
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