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Re: Please help me quote ! :)

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From: Martijn Dekker <martijn@xxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Please help me quote ! :)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:36:19 +0000
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Op 26-02-18 om 17:50 schreef tuxic@xxxxxxxxx:
> is there a way to automatically escape all "bad" characters
> (like spaces) while expanding a shell variable containing a
> "bad" filename?

Yes. See 'man zshexpn' under the heading "Parameter Expansion Flags".
The flag you need is the "q" flag. For instance, instead of $var, use
${(q)var}. See the man page for how to tweak the quoting format.

HTH,

- M.

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