Thank you, Willem. I hadn't known detox until you mentioned it just now! Looks like my bash script with all the tr's is going to be history! I love this environment. There's always something useful to learn. Janina Willem van der Walt writes: > Hi, > You said: > for example, dealing with filenames > that contain spaces is awkward. > One of the best things about unix, is that some one else likely had the same > problem as what you are having now. > There is likely a tool written to solve exactly one's problem. > In the case of spaces in file names as well as other characters that can > cause problems, the tool is called detox. > It, for example, changes the & character into the word and. > People using GUIs invariably create those sentences for file names, > punctuation and all! > Regards, Willem > > > On Tue, 28 Jul 2015, Joel Roth wrote: > > >Janina Sajka wrote: > >>I love scripting. It's fun, and it solves problems for me. > > > >There is a version of Linux, GoboLinux, with major utilities written > >as shell scripts. > > > >**And** there are some well-known limitations and > >infelicities in bash, for example, dealing with filenames > >that contain spaces is awkward. > > > >Joel > > > >>Janina > >> > > > >-- > >Joel Roth > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list mailing list > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >-- > >This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. > >The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. > > > >This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, > >and is believed to be clean. > > > >Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list