Re: realpath quoting
On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 07:42:20AM +0800, jeremy ardley wrote:
>
> On 3/5/24 07:29, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > The spaces without quotes cause problems with subsequent processing.
> > Then the subsequent processing has bugs in it. Fix them.
> >
> > > Can realpath or other utility return a quoted pathname?
> > That would be extremely counterproductive. Do not look for kludges to
> > work around your script's bugs. Fix the bugs instead.
> >
> > Start with<https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes>.
> >
>
> You don't see a problem that ls produces quoted filenames and realpath
> doesn't?
Oh Jesus, don't get me started on ls.
We have a whole page on that. <https://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs>
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