[dundee] BashPitfalls

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:50:06 +0000 (GMT), Sean McRobbie wrote:

> I've always figured spaces are a non issue:
> 
> [sean at home ~]$ mkdir -p "test/File or folder with spaces"
> [sean at home ~]$ mkdir -p test/Another\ File\ or\ folder\ with\ spaces
> [sean at home ~]$ ls -l test
> total 16
> drwxrwxr-x 2 sean sean 4096 Feb 17 22:48 Another File or folder with
> spaces drwxrwxr-x 2 sean sean 4096 Feb 17 22:48 File or folder with
> spaces
> 
> Tab-complete is a godsend, too.

For sure. But the whole thing is still a total nightmare... 

Andrew