> In this thread, you're missing the point somewhat I assure you I'm not; I'm trying to explain why worrying about these problems at the filename level doesn't

> In this thread, you're missing the point somewhat I assure you I'm not; I'm trying to explain why worrying about these problems at the filename level doesn't actually solve the problem, which should be handled at a different level of abstraction. > sure I can use `"$@"` everywhere and quote every single variable If you are writing Bourne shell without doing that, you are always going to have problems, because arguments are not always filenames. Yes, the syntax can be slightly annoying for historical/compatibility reasons. > What if I didn't have to? You don't. Use a different shell, or write your scripts in one of the many languages that are widely available like ruby, python, etc. If a scrip0t has #!/bin/sh at the top, you can probably rewrite it into any language you prefer.