# replacement in ~/.lyx/scripts
# converts an image from $1 to $2 format
-convert -depth 8 $1 $2 || {
+convert -depth 8 "$1" "$2" || {
echo "$0 ERROR"
echo "Execution of \"convert\" failed."
exit 1
# It appears that convert succeeded, but we know better than to trust it ;-)
# convert is passed strings in the form "FMT:FILENAME", so use the ':' to
# delimit the two parts.
-# Do not use 'cut' because Win32 filenames have the form 'C:\my\file'.
-FILE=`echo $arg2 | sed 's,^[^:]*:,,'`
+# Note that Win32 filenames have the form 'C:\my\file',
+# so use everything from the first ':' to the end of the line.
+FILE=`echo "$2" | cut -d ':' -f 2-`
-test -f $FILE || {
+test -f "$FILE" || {
echo "$0 ERROR"
echo "Unable to find file \"${FILE}\""
exit 1