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+using Test
+using DaemonMode
+
+@testset "Test argument parsing" begin
+    @test DaemonMode.parse_arguments("arg1 \"arg2 is in quotes\" arg3") == ["arg1", "arg2 is in quotes", "arg3"]
+
+    @test DaemonMode.parse_arguments("arg1 arg2  \"arg3 is in quotes\"") == ["arg1", "arg2", "arg3 is in quotes"]
+
+    @test DaemonMode.parse_arguments("arg1 arg2  \"arg3 has escaped \\\"quotes\\\"") == ["arg1", "arg2", "arg3 has escaped \"quotes\""]
+end