> > > This breaks a LOT of shell scripts. It's possible to code around this, > > of course, but I don't think the system should use such names by > > default. > > ah, but that's not globbing, that is improper escaping. So, IMHO, > those scripts are broken (and yes, a space would tickle the > bug). Scripts should always be prepared for funny characters in > filenames; in this case it would be > > for file in "`ls | grep Ubu`"; do echo "$file"; done > > so... ok, if you think what should be fixed are filenames and not the > tools, that's your POV and I respect it, but please don't call it > "globbing". Call it "interpolation" or "substitution" if you need > something word-size. > > Spaces in filenames also break some gui "copy & paste" operations. Harder to fix, as it requires knowledge of context, where the name is being pasted into.
Andrew Yeomans
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