Unable to open files containing a space character [solved]

[GOS]

Hello,

I have the following problem:

If I try to open a file containing a space character, some programs fail while others work as expected.

E.g. I double-click on a file named "/home/user/The Test.abc" then evince, libreoffice, mousepad, firefox an some others fail. They say that they cannot find the files "The" and "Test.abc".

On the other hand programs like Gimp or MuPdf open "The Test.abc" as expected.

Interestingly the problem is the same if I try to open "The Test.abc" via command like (Xfce-Terminal). MuPdf and Gimp work while evince, libreoffice, mousepad and firefox do not.

Any Ideas?!?

PS: I know that spaces in file-names are odd and I do not use them by myself, but unfortunately many e-mails contain attachments with spaces and the problem prevents to open them quickly.

[mike155]

[GOS]

/bin/sh points to /bin/bash

The output of emerge info is:

[Hu]

What do you mean when you open "via command like"? You ran firefox 'The Test.abc', exactly as written, including the single quotes, and Firefox failed to find the file?

When you open by double-click, how does your GUI tool know what program to run?

[GOS]

Thanks for your help. Found the problem. I call some binaries through a skript in /usr/local/bin (e.g. firefox) and here I used $@ instead of "$@".

Now the problem is solved.

Mike's question which shell I use was a good hint.