Avoid applying filtering inside of quoted strings.

  - If a string is quoted, don't treat | as a filter command.
  - Handles and matches both " and '.

Fixes #177

Author: terjekv

mreg_cli/outputmanager.py

@@ -80,28 +80,58 @@ def add_formatted_line_with_source(
 
     # We want to use re.Pattern as the type here, but python 3.6 and older re-modules
     # don't have that type. So we use Any instead.
+    def _find_split_index(self, command: str) -> int:
+        """Finds the index to split the command for filtering.
+
+        It handles both single and double quotes, ensuring that the split
+        occurs outside of any quoted sections.
+
+        :param command: The command string to be processed.
+        :return: The index at which to split the command, or -1 if not found.
+        """
+        in_quotes = False
+        current_quote = None
+
+        for i, char in enumerate(command):
+            if char in ["'", '"']:
+                if in_quotes and char == current_quote:
+                    in_quotes = False
+                    current_quote = None
+                elif not in_quotes:
+                    in_quotes = True
+                    current_quote = char
+            elif char == "|" and not in_quotes:
+                return i
+
+        return -1
+
     def get_filter(self, command: str) -> Tuple[str, Any, bool]:
         """Returns the filter for the output.
 
-        :param command: The command to parse for the filter.
+        Parses the command string and extracts a filter if present, taking into
+        account both single and double quoted strings to avoid incorrect
+        splitting.
 
+        :param command: The command to parse for the filter.
         :return: The filter and whether it is a negated filter.
         """
-        self.command = command
         negate = False
         filter_re = None
 
-        if command and "|" in command:
-            command, filter_str = command.split("|", 1)
-            filter_str = filter_str.strip()
+        if command:
+            split_index = self._find_split_index(command)
+
+            if split_index != -1:
+                filter_str = command[split_index + 1 :].strip()
+                command = command[:split_index].strip()
 
-            if filter_str.startswith("!"):
-                negate = True
-                filter_str = filter_str[1:].strip()
+                if filter_str.startswith("!"):
+                    negate = True
+                    filter_str = filter_str[1:].strip()
 
-            filter_re = re.compile(filter_str)
+                filter_re = re.compile(filter_str)
 
-        return (command, filter_re, negate)
+        return command, filter_re, negate
 
     def lines(self) -> List[str]:
         """Return the lines of output.