Re: finding executable files in a debian package

On 04.06.13 23:45, Craig Sanders wrote:

spaces in filenames, OTOH, are quite common. especially if you have to deal with files uploaded by Mac or Windows users.

Although it's mostly xpdf which won't handle spaces in filenames, I'm finding a simple alias useful for the few arriving here: alias unspace="/usr/bin/rename 's/ /_/g' " Filename completion fortunately handles spaces, so: $ touch /tmp/"another spaced filename" $ unspace /tmp/another\ spaced\ filename $ ls /tmp/an* /tmp/another_spaced_filename doesn't require much typing, after the first line. Oh for the halcyon days when we could just tell users that spaces weren't allowed. Erik -- Life is complex: it has a real part and an imaginary part. - Martin Terma