#		Taming files and directories with spaces
#
# Usage:
#
#  andrea@exnihilo:/tmp/test $ ls
#  'a dir with spaces'
#  
#  andrea@exnihilo:/tmp/test $ ls a\ dir\ with\ spaces/
#  'a file with spaces and'$'\t''tabs'
#  
#  andrea@exnihilo:/tmp/test $ for f in $(find ./ | spacemark); do ls -ld "$(spaceunmark $f)"; done
#  drwxr-xr-x 3 andrea andrea 4096 lug 29 17:07 ./
#  drwxr-xr-x 2 andrea andrea 4096 lug 29 17:09 './a dir with spaces'
#  -rw-r--r-- 1 andrea andrea 0 lug 29 17:09 './a dir with spaces/a file with spaces and'$'\t''tabs'
#   

# Installation:
#  Put the following in your .bashrc

spacemark() {
    while read l
    do
        l="${l// /__SPACEMARK__}"
        l="${l//[[:blank:]]/__TABMARK__}"
        echo "$l"
    done
}

spaceunmark() {
    set -- "${1//__SPACEMARK__/ }"
    set -- "${1//__TABMARK__/	}"
    echo "$@"
}