NSE --script-args w/ unquoted strings (was: NSE PJL proof of concept)

[Patrick Donnelly <batrick () batbytes com>]

Hi Fyodor,

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Fyodor<fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:24:06PM -0600, David Fifield wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:16:43AM -0700, Aaron Leininger wrote:
> > However I do think that syntax like this should be supported:
> >
> > --script-args 'msg=longtest message'
> >
> > That is, I don't see a downside to allowing whitespace as part of a
> > string without quoting.
>
> Neither do I.  Unless someone comes up with a reason not to, I think
> we should support this.  Accordingly I'm adding this entry to the Nmap
> TODO:
>
> o [NSE] Allow spaces in script arguments without the user having to
>  manually quote them (beyond normal shell escape quoting).  See:
>  http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2009/q3/0090.html

Whitespace is now allowed in unquoted strings (r14573). Whitespace
surrounding unquoted strings however is ignored. Here is an example:

  --script-args 'greeting = This is a greeting'

  Becomes: { ["greeting"] = "This is a greeting" }

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