Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 04:38:53PM +1000, Jeremy Visser wrote:
Solution to what? I'm arguing *for* the status quo, not against it. I'm arguing against the arguments against the status quo. That makes sense, right?
the status quo is that users who create filenames with spaces on unix systems deserve a severe and vicious larting.
-print0 is for when it's inconvenient to find your 2x4
IMO -- apart from make (for hysterical raisins) -- unix processes should deal with paths that contain arbitrary bytes. Not because it's nice for users, but because it's defensive programming against injection attacks. Yes, -print0 is slightly annoying, and I don't bother when writing one-liners to operate on my personal equipment. But if your stuff is going to be exposed to user input, HTFU and use -print0 and friends.