linux - Using Thunderbird, how can one attach from command line a file containing commas (,) in its name?

07
2014-07
  • Omid

    thunderbird -compose "attachment='$HOME/test test.txt'" works. thunderbird -compose "attachment='$HOME/test, test.txt'" does not work and gives a file does not exist error message.

    This must be because of the way Thunderbird handles command line arguments; e.g.,

    thunderbird -compose "to='[email protected]',attachment='~/file.txt'"

    The compose arguments are separated by , and that must be why having a , in the file name breaks things. I cannot, however, think of a way to "escape" commas in the file name.

    Note:

    • In Thunderbird 3+, using the protocol file:// is not required any more.

    Both

    thunderbird -compose "attachment='$HOME/test test.txt'"

    and

    thunderbird -compose "attachment='file://$HOME/test test.txt'"

    work.

    Neither

    thunderbird -compose "attachment='$HOME/test, test.txt'"

    nor

    thunderbird -compose "attachment='file://$HOME/test, test.txt'"

    works.

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