A worked example of a Nautilus script that works with spaces in filenames.
Drop the attached script into ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts, and make it
executable.
In Nautilus, select a number of files that contain spaces in their filenames.
Right-click, Scripts, Show Nautilus Parameters
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#!/bin/bash
(
echo "\$* = $*"
echo "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS =
$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS"
echo "NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI = $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI"
echo "PWD = $PWD"
# Magic incantation to make Nautilus scripts work with spaces in filenames:
echo -n "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" | while read file ; do
ls -l "$file"
done
) | /usr/bin/zenity --text-info
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