Spaces in paths

[kenNash]

Hi Kiters!

In Terminal.app,

open ~/Desktop/A\ B

correctly opens my "A B" folder. But

exec(`open ~/Desktop/A\ B`)

in a script doesn't.

Am I doing something wrong?
Is it a bug?

[johnlindquist]

@kenNash Here's how I would write it:

let folderPath = home("Desktop", `"A B"`)
await exec(`open ${folderPath}`)

Using the home helper (or path.resolve, etc) as a cross-platform/shell-safe replacement for ~. You also separate the strings in an array rather than a using a system specific path separator. And this also allows you to use quoted paths like above.

[kenNash]

Thank you @johnlindquist!