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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
index 3457ea9bff..c424b9cdb5 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/executable.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Executable(object):
istream, close_istream = streamify(input, 'r')
if not ignore_quotes:
- quoted_args = [arg for arg in args if re.search(r'^"|^\'|"$|\'$', arg)]
+ quoted_args = [arg for arg in args if re.search(r'^".*"$|^\'.*\'$', arg)]
if quoted_args:
tty.warn(
"Quotes in command arguments can confuse scripts like"