sophistifunk

String inputLine = "append \"bow wow wow yippee-o yippee-ay\" dir1/dir2/file.txt";
Pattern regex = Pattern.compile("^(\\w+)\\s+\"(.*?)\"\\s+([\\w.\\/]+)$");
Matcher m = regex.matcher(inputLine);
String cmd = m.group(1); // append
String data = m.group(2); // snooplish
String path = m.group(3); // What's left