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> Spaces in filenames create troubles with almost every command line tool Then that's a shortcoming which should be addressed with the tools, because humans ev
by josteink 9y ago
> Spaces in filenames create troubles with almost every command line tool
Then that's a shortcoming which should be addressed with the tools, because humans everywhere use spaces in filenames.
For every command-line tool I make (Windows & Linux), I ensure it handles such trivial use-cases. I can't see why such a simple task is seemingly impossible to get done in GNU coreutils.
- gkya 9y agoVery good of you indeed, but it's a hard task to retroactively change how a system and the greater community around it behaves and how standards like POSIX have defined field separation syntax for decades. I wouldn't mind if make supported spaces in filenames, but the thing is it's a bit late now and the problem is too unimportant to bother solving, frankly.