Tom Lith wrote:
> Let's assume files is ['foo(bar).txt']. Let's try
>
> :exec 'grep' fnameescape(join(files))
>
> This throws an error (on ubuntu 12.04).
>
> The following solves the problem:
>
> :exec 'grep' escape(fnameescape(join(files)), '()')
>
> I think though this shouldn't be necessary since it somehow undermines
> the usefulness of fnameescape(). IMHO fnameescape() should also escape
> '()', shoudn't it?
fnameescape() is for Vim commands. Since "grep" executes an external
command you need to use shellescape(). And that does handle parens.
:exe '!ls ' . shellescape('asdf(asdf)asdf')
ls: cannot access asdf(asdf)asdf: No such file or directory
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