/**
 * Just to avoid another library for splitting arguments, we use this module to provide what we need.
 * @module
 */
/**
 * This splits an input string on the given split string (e.g., ` `), but checks if the string is quoted or escaped.
 *
 * Given an input string like `a "b c" d`, with a space character as split, and escapeQuote set to true,
 * this splits the arguments similar to common shell interpreters (i.e., `a`, `b c`, and `d`).
 *
 * When escapeQuote is set to false instead, we keep quotation marks in the result (i.e., `a`, `"b c"`, and `d`.).
 * @param inputString - The string to split
 * @param escapeQuote - Keep quotes in args
 * @param split       - The character or character sequence to split on (can not be backslash or quote!)
 */
export declare function splitAtEscapeSensitive(inputString: string, escapeQuote?: boolean, split?: RegExp | string): string[];
/**
 * Splits the given string on 'and', but only if not nested inside `<>`, `[]`, `()`, or quotes.
 * This also handles escaped quotes.
 * @param str - The string to split
 * @param splitOn - The string to split on (default: 'and')
 * @param closes - The matching of closing characters for nesting, structures with different open and close characters only can be nested
 *                 of each other, while those with the same open and close character (like quotes) can not be nested inside themselves.
 */
export declare function splitOnNestingSensitive(str: string, splitOn?: string, closes?: Record<string, string>): string[];