[dundee] BashPitfalls

Andrew Clayton andrew at digital-domain.net
Wed Feb 9 16:30:04 UTC 2011


On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:20:07 +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:13:29 +0000
> Andrew Clayton <andrew at digital-domain.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 20:30:31 +0000, Martin Habets wrote:
> > 
> > > Except that simply using *.mp3 does not work if no such files are
> > > present. Also, only M$ idiots use file names with spaces in
> > > them.  
> > 
> > Spaces in file names.... arrrghhhhhh.
> > 
> > Definitely falls into the category "Just because you can doesn't
> > mean you should..."
> > 
> > A little education with the cluebat usually sorts it out.
> 
> These are some very negative attitudes. I sometimes use spaces for
> stuff in my home folder. I certainly use them for my music files. I

Why? Assuming your music is properly tagged (why wouldn't it be?) then
spaces serve no purpose.

Andrew



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