Re: basename for directories containing space

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   address@hidden NZ PostSep06]$ echo `pwd`
   /home/corrin/NZ PostSep06
   address@hidden NZ PostSep06]$ basename `pwd`
   NZ
   address@hidden NZ PostSep06]$ basename --version
   basename (GNU coreutils) 5.2.1
   Written by FIXME unknown.

   Surely the correct output is "NZ PostSep06"?

No, it isn't.  What gets passed to basename is:

basename NZ PostSep06

Two arguments, one being (to basename) a directory, and the other
(also to basename) a suffix.  You need to quote the argument properly,
namley:

basename "`pwd`"

Then it will work as you want.

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