diff --git a/src/elements.rs b/src/elements.rs
index be5da54f..d4c29ff3 100644
--- a/src/elements.rs
+++ b/src/elements.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ pub mod job;
 pub mod pipeline;
 pub mod command;
 pub mod io;
+pub mod word;
 
 use self::io::pipe::Pipe;
diff --git a/src/elements/command/simple.rs b/src/elements/command/simple.rs
index c614c692..ee9faa42 100644
--- a/src/elements/command/simple.rs
+++ b/src/elements/command/simple.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use crate::{ShellCore, Feeder};
 use super::{Command, Pipe, Redirect};
 use crate::elements::command;
+use crate::elements::word::Word;
 use nix::unistd;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::process;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ fn reserved(w: &str) -> bool {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct SimpleCommand {
     text: String,
+    words: Vec<Word>,
     args: Vec<String>,
     redirects: Vec<Redirect>,
     force_fork: bool,
@@ -28,10 +30,14 @@ pub struct SimpleCommand {
 
 impl Command for SimpleCommand {
     fn exec(&mut self, core: &mut ShellCore, pipe: &mut Pipe) -> Option<Pid> {
-        if self.args.len() == 0 {
+        if self.words.len() == 0 {
             return None;
         }
 
+        for a in &mut self.words {
+            self.args.extend(a.get_args());
+        }
+
         if self.force_fork 
         || pipe.is_connected() 
         || ! core.builtins.contains_key(&self.args[0]) {
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ impl SimpleCommand {
     fn new() -> SimpleCommand {
         SimpleCommand {
             text: String::new(),
+            words: vec![],
             args: vec![],
             redirects: vec![],
             force_fork: false,
@@ -96,18 +103,18 @@ impl SimpleCommand {
     }
  
     fn eat_word(feeder: &mut Feeder, ans: &mut SimpleCommand, core: &mut ShellCore) -> bool {
-        let arg_len = feeder.scanner_word(core);
-        if arg_len == 0 {
+        let word_len = feeder.scanner_word(core);
+        if word_len == 0 {
             return false;
         }
  
-        let word = feeder.consume(arg_len);
-        if ans.args.len() == 0 && reserved(&word) {
+        let word = feeder.consume(word_len);
+        if ans.words.len() == 0 && reserved(&word) {
             return false;
         }
  
         ans.text += &word.clone();
-        ans.args.push(word);
+        ans.words.push(Word{ text: word });
         true
     }
 
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ impl SimpleCommand {
             }
         }
 
-        if ans.args.len() + ans.redirects.len() > 0 {
+        if ans.words.len() + ans.redirects.len() > 0 {
             feeder.pop_backup();
             Some(ans)
         }else{
diff --git a/src/elements/word.rs b/src/elements/word.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..446ebf32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/word.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Ryuichi Ueda ryuichiueda@gmail.com
+//SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Word {
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
+impl Word {
+    pub fn get_args(&mut self) -> Vec<String> {
+        vec![self.text.clone()]
+    }
+}