> learning the hard way that you can have newlines in filenames Speaking as someone who is using Unix-like systems since the days of Santa Cruz Operation and L

> learning the hard way that you can have newlines in filenames Speaking as someone who is using Unix-like systems since the days of Santa Cruz Operation and Linux on a 50 MB disk partition - not everything that is permissible is auspicious. And most often that's because the permissions were too lax to begin with. That's what you get when a bunch of pot-smoking hippies (X) draw your OS specifications. I avoid using even spaces in file names, for this specific reason. --- (X) - and I say that in the best way possible, though some may be inclined to disagree. "...he and brethren were attempting to make a small fortune for themselves by secreting away an item - a printed book - that was easy enough to get in 1640 but near impossible to get in Tristan's age, making it of great worth." "So you're thieves and chancers," said I approvingly. "No," he objected. -- The Rise And Fall Of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland