EC_NODE_SH_LEX(3)

💖 EC_NODE_SH_LEX(3) 💖

okay bestie, so we're in the Libecoli Programmer's Manual and this is the page for ec_node_sh_lex. it's giving "shell lexer node, but make it a whole personality." let's GO 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_node_sh_lex — Create a shell lexer node.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/node_sh_lex.h>

struct ec_node * ec_node_sh_lex(
    const char       *id,     /* The node identifier. */
    /*
     * The child node. It is consumed and will be freed when the parent is
     * freed, or immediately on error.
     */
    struct ec_node   *child
);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this node takes your input and tokenizes it using shell-like lexing rules. that means it handles quotes, escapes, etc., like the little shell-flavored icon it is 👑

then it takes those resulting tokens and hands them over to the child node. passing the aux cord, if you will 🎧

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

you get the node back — slay — or NULL on error, in which case errno is set. no cap. 😭

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• ec_node_sh_lex_expand(3)

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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k byeee 💜 this page is from libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and it's EC_NODE_SH_LEX(3) — periodt. 🫶✨