Let's be real honest here, bash sucks. "common on most computer systems since the early 1970s" yes, that's exactly the problem, it still thinks spaces on filen

Let's be real honest here, bash sucks. "common on most computer systems since the early 1970s" yes, that's exactly the problem, it still thinks spaces on filenames are an "exception", just as a start. It knows about lines but barely. PS has native json support.