Node.js: escaping spaces when executing a unix command

Question

Im using this command to compress files in node.js:

var command = '7z a ' + dest + ' ' + orig;
exec( command, function(err, stdout, stderr) { ...});

The problem comes when a file has spaces like 7z a my vacation.zip my vacation.pdf

How could I escape dest and orig?

JSON.stringify(dest) should do it

Bergi
– Bergi

2013-04-30 11:06:04 +00:00
Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 11:06 — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Apr 30, 2013 at 11:06

neo · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-30 11:06:04Z

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Try to use spawn:

var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
    ls    = spawn('ls', ['-l', '/tmp/test with spaces']);

    ls.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
        console.log('stdout: ' + data);
    });

answered Apr 30, 2013 at 11:06

neo

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