On 02/06/2018 10:25 AM, Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode wrote:
double quotes cause evaluation (for shell variables?), back quote (`)
causes contents to execute. You seem to be using ', which is a literal.
You have*SPACES* in file names.
This*ALWAYS* leads to suffering.
Quoting a filename does not make it ok; it's still multiple words. If you
want to keep such evil names, you'll have to escape those spaces with \
(backslash).
With all due respect, this is not all correct information. It is
perfectly valid to escape using single quotes (and double quotes) on the
command line and it works inside a LC shell function.
Just to save time, here are some sources for verification:
https://www.tech-otaku.com/mac/file-folder-paths-os-x-terminal/
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/quoting (see "Weak quoting" and
"Strong quoting")
Warren
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