On 3/2/2012 1:10 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
On Mar 1 17:50, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
Given that the problem is identified (basename doesn't like spaces),
This is not correct. It's not that basename doesn't like spaces, the
problem is incorrect quoting. Example:
$ basename /a/b/c.d .d
c
$ basename "/a/b/c.d .d"
c.d .d
And since the result still contains a space, you still have to quote
it when using it in subsequent calls:
$ cat "c.d .d"
Hello
$ cat c.d .d
cat: c.d: No such file or directory
cat: .d: No such file or directory
Corinna
Corinna:
Thanks. Once Dave Korn led me to the alias I had in .bashrc and I could
see that I was, in fact, calling basename (and my alias wasn't correct),
everything began to fall into place.
My original assumption was very incorrect.
I also thank you for showing me that it will be a double quote and not a
single quote.
Paul
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