[Bug 95519] Nautilus-scripts don't handle blanks in filenames properly

[Stefan Wagner]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nautilus

Nautilus-scripts don't handle blanks in filenames properly.

Reproduce the bug:
a) Create some files with blanks:

echo aaa > ~/tmp/foo\ bar
echo aaa > ~/tmp/bar\ foo

b) Create a script to operate on files:
# ---- start of script
files=$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS

for file in $files
do
	zenity --info --text "$(md5sum $file)"
done
# ---- end of script

Create that script in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts.
Make it executable.
It will shine up in the context-menu of nautilus to run scripts.

It will execute fine, if you mark a few files, which don't contain a blank.
If there is a blank, it doesn't work.

To see how this is happening, create another script:
echo "---files---"
echo $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS
echo "-----------"

You'll get something like:
    ---files---
    /home/stefan/tmp/foo bar /home/stefan/tmp/foo foo
    -----------

instead of:
    ---files---
    /home/stefan/tmp/foo bar
    /home/stefan/tmp/foo foo
    ----------- 

Suggestion: Use a different delimiter to split multiple marked files. 
Use '\n' instead of ' '.

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Nautilus-scripts don't handle blanks in filenames properly
https://launchpad.net/bugs/95519