Wheeler: Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames

Maybe if Linux folks keep identifying and fixing legacy Unix usability issues people will start referring to Linux as 'The way Unix should of been' or 'Unix done right'.

I am always really paranoid about file names in Linux when doing scripting or whatnot. It's difficult and dealing with them is always a "oh god I hope I did the escaping right" sort of deal. Because I know I can have a script that I use for lots of stuff, but sometime I may make a goober'd up filename late at night or something that can end up destroying data unless I did things exactly correct in my scripts.

Filenames with ~ in them, or < > or () or all sorts of odd things I make by mistake.