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Re: Basename bug with directory spaces
From: |
John Cowan |
Subject: |
Re: Basename bug with directory spaces |
Date: |
Sun, 20 May 2007 03:12:42 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
address@hidden scripsit:
> For example:
>
> cd /home/ben/My\ Stuff
> basename $PWD
That's because $PWD is expanded into
/home/ben/My Stuff
by the shell, which is interpreted as two arguments: basename processes
only the first one. Try this:
$ basename "$PWD"
My Stuff
$
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