From: "Gábor SEBESTYÉN" Date: 2005-10-18T04:08:18+09:00 Subject: inner string to path How can I easily conver a string containing path str = "/home/my folder/�ccented l�tt�rs/having (this)" to one that `ls #{str}` UNIX command can understand? It will surely fail at least due to parenthesis and space characters. G�bor "Earth is a beta site."