Handling whitespace in filepaths

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I have this:



muh_dir=`cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd`


and yeah I tested the above (it has backticks) and it doesn't work well with whitespace in the pwd.
On the other hand, this is better:



muh_dir="$(cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd)"


My question is - this adds 3 chars to my command the syntax changes in my editor. The first way is much nicer..is there anyway to handle whitespace with the shorter syntax or do I just bite the bullet?






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I have this:



muh_dir=`cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd`


and yeah I tested the above (it has backticks) and it doesn't work well with whitespace in the pwd.
On the other hand, this is better:



muh_dir="$(cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd)"


My question is - this adds 3 chars to my command the syntax changes in my editor. The first way is much nicer..is there anyway to handle whitespace with the shorter syntax or do I just bite the bullet?






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  • Please see Why does my shell script choke on whitespace or other special characters? and Have backticks (i.e. `cmd`) in *sh shells been deprecated?
    – Wildcard
    9 mins ago













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I have this:



muh_dir=`cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd`


and yeah I tested the above (it has backticks) and it doesn't work well with whitespace in the pwd.
On the other hand, this is better:



muh_dir="$(cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd)"


My question is - this adds 3 chars to my command the syntax changes in my editor. The first way is much nicer..is there anyway to handle whitespace with the shorter syntax or do I just bite the bullet?






bash shell-script shell







share|improve this question















I have this:



muh_dir=`cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd`


and yeah I tested the above (it has backticks) and it doesn't work well with whitespace in the pwd.
On the other hand, this is better:



muh_dir="$(cd $(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE") && pwd)"


My question is - this adds 3 chars to my command the syntax changes in my editor. The first way is much nicer..is there anyway to handle whitespace with the shorter syntax or do I just bite the bullet?






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  • Please see Why does my shell script choke on whitespace or other special characters? and Have backticks (i.e. `cmd`) in *sh shells been deprecated?
    – Wildcard
    9 mins ago

















  • Please see Why does my shell script choke on whitespace or other special characters? and Have backticks (i.e. `cmd`) in *sh shells been deprecated?
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    9 mins ago
















Please see Why does my shell script choke on whitespace or other special characters? and Have backticks (i.e. `cmd`) in *sh shells been deprecated?
– Wildcard
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Please see Why does my shell script choke on whitespace or other special characters? and Have backticks (i.e. `cmd`) in *sh shells been deprecated?
– Wildcard
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As an aside, the most important property of any code is its maintainability. The number of characters is only very weakly correlated to maintainability - adding three characters to 45 (6.7% increase) to handle spaces doesn't even remotely trigger my code nose.






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Understand quotes, then Use More Quotes™. It really is the simplest thing you can do that will work.



As an aside, the most important property of any code is its maintainability. The number of characters is only very weakly correlated to maintainability - adding three characters to 45 (6.7% increase) to handle spaces doesn't even remotely trigger my code nose.






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Understand quotes, then Use More Quotes™. It really is the simplest thing you can do that will work.



As an aside, the most important property of any code is its maintainability. The number of characters is only very weakly correlated to maintainability - adding three characters to 45 (6.7% increase) to handle spaces doesn't even remotely trigger my code nose.






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Understand quotes, then Use More Quotes™. It really is the simplest thing you can do that will work.



As an aside, the most important property of any code is its maintainability. The number of characters is only very weakly correlated to maintainability - adding three characters to 45 (6.7% increase) to handle spaces doesn't even remotely trigger my code nose.






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Understand quotes, then Use More Quotes™. It really is the simplest thing you can do that will work.



As an aside, the most important property of any code is its maintainability. The number of characters is only very weakly correlated to maintainability - adding three characters to 45 (6.7% increase) to handle spaces doesn't even remotely trigger my code nose.







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