On 2010-08-29 17:12 +1000, Jon Seymour wrote: > This isn't strictly a bash question, and I'd prefer a POSIX-only > solution if possible [ suggestions as to a good question to ask > POSIX-only questions would be appreciated ].
comp.unix.shell > Suppose I need to encode a list of filenames in a variable and each > filename may contain spaces, what is good way to encode such a list so > that the resulting variable is readily compose-able and decodeable? In > particular, I'd like to avoid the use of (unescaped) separators which > might themselves be used in the filename. Depends. Where do those file names come from and how are they used ? Command line arguments ? File descriptor ? Separated by NULs or newlines ? One by one or all at once ? -- André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
