[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 67, Issue 10

[David Given]

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Neil Haughton wrote:
[...]
> Is there a simple way of changing
> 
> shnjoin -o $1 *
> 
> to wrap the filenames in quotes, or at least have the effect of avoiding the
> spaces causing parsing problems?

Yep:

shnjoin -o "$1" "$@"

"$@" is special syntax that causes the arguments to be expanded in
quotes separately.

In general, though, I'd have to recommend not using bash if you can
possibly help it --- it's a *lousy* programming language, and will drive
you insane as soon as you run into anything the slightest bit
complicated. Even its weird edge conditions have weird edge conditions.
If you want a shell for programming in, rc is vastly nicer, having sane
C-like command flow syntax, proper lists and a vastly simpler grammar.
Alas, no arithmetic, though.

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