GNU bug report logs - #62868
30.0.50; wrong return value of `split-string-shell-command'

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: lorniu <lorniu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62868 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62868: 30.0.50; wrong return value of `split-string-shell-command'
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 21:44:52 +0300

> From: lorniu <lorniu <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:54:54 +0800
> 
> I often get wrong return value from `split-string-shell-command', for
> example:
> 
>   (split-string-shell-command "ffmpeg -i aaa.flv -ss 3 -vf
>   \"fps=10,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse\"
>   -loop 0 bbb.gif")
> 
> will return value of:
> 
>   ("[s1][p]paletteuse -loop 0 bbb.gif")
> 
> 
> Is this a bug, or am I using it wrong?

Bug.  It doesn't support quoted semi-colons.

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