$cmdline =~ s|//|/|og;
# split the command line up into parts, the first part is the command
- my ($cmd, $args) = $cmdline =~ /^([\S\/]+)\s*(.*)/o;
+ my ($cmd, $args) = split /\s+/, $cmdline, 2;
+ $args = "" unless $args;
if ($cmd) {
# alias it if possible
my $acmd = CmdAlias::get_cmd($cmd);
if ($acmd) {
- ($cmd, $args) = "$acmd $args" =~ /^([\w\/]+)\s*(.*)/o;
+ ($cmd, $args) = split /\s+/, "$acmd $args", 2;
+ $args = "" unless $args;
dbg('command', "aliased cmd: $cmd $args");
}