linuxspaces: Handle spaces in Linux filenames

In docore: Utility Functions for Scientific Coding

Description

Convert spaces in filenames (" ") to linux-type spaces "\ ", needed when calling system() on macOS.

Usage

linuxspaces(txt)

Arguments

txt	filename, which may contain ordinary spaces, e.g. "my file 1.txt"

Value

filename with modified spaces, e.g. "my\ file\ 1.txt"

Author(s)

Danail Obreschkow

Examples

filename = '~/Desktop/my file 1.txt'
command = sprintf('ls -l %s',linuxspaces(filename))
## Not run: 
system(command)

## End(Not run)

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