From: Konrad Meyer <konrad@...>
Date: 2007-09-25T04:10:44+09:00
Subject: Re: "myscript.rb " - there's a blank in my name!

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Quoth Konrad Meyer:
> Quoth Chad Perrin:
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:04:27PM +0900, Konrad Meyer wrote:
> > > Quoth Todd Burch:
> > > > Todd Burch wrote:
> > > >=20
> > > > > I've nevver know a blank character at the
> > > > > end of a file name to be significant.
> > > > >=20
> > > > "never known" ...   sorry.
> > >=20
> > > Yes, on *nix systems this is significant (probably windows too, I'm j=
ust
> > > unfamiliar with it). You can also do "ruby myprog.rb\ " to escape the=
=20
> space.
> >=20
> > If I'm not mistaken, MacOS X uses bash as its default shell.  That would
> > mean you don't actually need to escape the space if you use quotes:
> >=20
> >   $ ruby "myprog.rb "
> >=20
> > The same is true of (t)csh:
> >=20
> >   > ruby 'myprog.rb '
> >=20
> > In either shell, whether you use single or double quotes doesn't matter,
> > and escaping the space (without quotes) also works.
> >=20
> > Whether or not the space is significant when first naming the file
> > depends on how you name it.  I believe that is true on MS Windows as we=
ll
> > as systems such as MacOS X, various Linux distributions, SysV and BSD
> > Unix systems, and so on -- though I don't have an MS Windows machine in
> > front of me to test it.  An extra space after a filename shouldn't
> > produce a space character in the the filename itself when entered at a
> > command line shell, but will probably do so with certain GUI-oriented
> > means of naming files.
> >=20
> > --=20
> > CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
> > McCloctnick the Lucid: "The first rule of magic is simple. Don't waste=
=20
your
> > time waving your hands and hopping when a rock or a club will do."
>=20
> The quotes were for quoting the entire command, not the argument.
> Escaping works without quotes. Tab-completion will should you the escaped
> form (sans quotes).
>=20
> Regards,
> --=20
> Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

Er, my bad. Tab-completion should *also* give you the escaped form (sans
quotes). My English translator must be broken today.

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Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

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