Spaces in Filenames
The cluster discusses issues with spaces and other special characters like newlines, colons, and Unicode in filenames across Windows and Unix systems, debating whether software should handle them robustly or users should avoid them to prevent tool failures.
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any software that can't handle spaces in filenames is broken
Doesn't work well in filenames either.
Nobody is innocent if they have filenames with spaces in their systems! /s
Your tools support filenames with tabs? With any unicode char?A real world possibility.
Not exactly computer friendly, since filenames cannot contain ":" on Windows.
Does windows not allow spaces or something? Unix variants seem fine with it.
Spaces are the lesser evil. Try newlines in file names. Also try having a directory that contains ":" in PATH.
I guess it is the classic "You can create files with any name but don't ever try to access it" that happens in Windows with extremely long names.
Windows Explorer isn't great either. Still can't support names/paths that the windows filesystem can
the true (and unpopular) solution is to disallow spaces in filenames