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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace libsecondlife.TestClient {
+    class Parsing {
+        public static string[] ParseArguments(string str) {
+            List<string> list = new List<string>();
+            string current = "";
+            string trimmed = null;
+            bool withinQuote = false;
+            bool escaped = false;
+            foreach (char c in str) {
+                if (c == '"') {
+                    if (escaped) {
+                        current += '"';
+                        escaped = false;
+                    } else {
+                        current += '"';
+                        withinQuote = !withinQuote;
+                    }
+                } else if (c == ' ' || c == '\t') {
+                    if (escaped || withinQuote) {
+                        current += c;
+                        escaped = false;
+                    } else {
+                        trimmed = current.Trim();
+                        if (trimmed.StartsWith("\"") && trimmed.EndsWith("\"")) {
+                            trimmed = trimmed.Remove(0, 1);
+                            trimmed = trimmed.Remove(trimmed.Length - 1);
+                            trimmed = trimmed.Trim();
+                        }
+                        if (trimmed.Length > 0)
+                            list.Add(trimmed);
+                        current = "";
+                    }
+                } else if (c == '\\') {
+                    if (escaped) {
+                        current += '\\';
+                        escaped = false;
+                    } else {
+                        escaped = true;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if (escaped)
+                        throw new FormatException(c.ToString() + " is not an escapable character.");
+                    current += c;
+                }
+            }
+            trimmed = current.Trim();
+            if (trimmed.StartsWith("\"") && trimmed.EndsWith("\"")) {
+                trimmed = trimmed.Remove(0, 1);
+                trimmed = trimmed.Remove(trimmed.Length - 1);
+                trimmed = trimmed.Trim();
+            }
+            if (trimmed.Length > 0)
+                list.Add(trimmed);
+            return list.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+}