Package: debianutils Version: 1.2-3 -chiark:d> cat >'cmd with spaces' #!/bin/sh echo "called cmd with spaces: $@" -chiark:d> chmod +x './cmd with spaces' -chiark:d> './cmd with spaces' hi called cmd with spaces: hi -chiark:d> PATH=:$PATH 'cmd with spaces' hi called cmd with spaces: hi -chiark:d> PATH=:$PATH type -p 'cmd with spaces' ./cmd with spaces -chiark:d> PATH=:$PATH which 'cmd with spaces' -chiark:d> PATH=:$PATH which ls /bin/ls -chiark:d> ll total 7 drwxrwsr-x 2 ian ian 1024 Sep 1 16:26 ./ drwxrwsr-x 23 ian ian 5120 Aug 31 19:52 ../ -rwxrwxr-x 1 ian ian 44 Sep 1 16:27 cmd with spaces* -chiark:d> echo $SHELL /bin/bash -chiark:d>
This can be fixed by appropriate use of quoting, $@, and so on. Ian.
