From 42a61d9f0cc09d2f4b183460bdbbcca2daf825ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Kapetanakis <george.kapetanakis.gk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 15:43:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix script behavior when input, output or temp files contain
 whitespace

---
 br | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/br b/br
index 665a07c..ed55e5a 100755
--- a/br
+++ b/br
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ usage() {
 }
 
 showhelp() {
-  echo "Usage: `basename $1`: [-m host1 [host2...]] [-c column] [-r reduce] [-i input] [-o output]"
+  echo "Usage: `basename "$1"`: [-m host1 [host2...]] [-c column] [-r reduce] [-i input] [-o output]"
   echo   "bashreduce.  Map an input file to many hosts, sort/reduce, merge"
   echo   "  -m: hosts to use, can repeat hosts for multiple cores"
   echo   "      default hosts from /etc/br.hosts"
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ while getopts "m:c:r:i:o:t:S:h" name; do
     o)  output=$OPTARG;;
     t)  tmp_dir=$OPTARG;;
     S)  sort_mem=$OPTARG;;
-    h)  showhelp $0;;
-    [?])  usage $0;;
+    h)  showhelp "$0";;
+    [?])  usage "$0";;
   esac
 done 
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ if [ -z "$hosts" ]; then
   if [ -e /etc/br.hosts ]; then
     hosts=`cat /etc/br.hosts`
   else
-    echo "`basename $0`: must specify hosts with -m or provide /etc/br.hosts"
-    usage $0
+    echo "`basename "$0"`: must specify hosts with -m or provide /etc/br.hosts"
+    usage "$0"
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fi
 jobid="`uuidgen`"
 jobpath="$tmp_dir/br_job_$jobid"
 nodepath="$tmp_dir/br_node_$jobid"
-mkdir -p $jobpath/{in,out}
+mkdir -p "$jobpath"/{in,out}
 
 # now, for each host, set up in and out fifos (and a netcat for each), and ssh to each host to set up workers listening on netcat
 
@@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ out_files=
 
 for host in $hosts; do
   # our named pipes
-  mkfifo $jobpath/{in,out}/$host_idx
+  mkfifo "$jobpath"/{in,out}/$host_idx
   # lets get the pid of our listener
-  ssh -n $host "mkdir -p $nodepath"
-  pid=$(ssh -n $host "nc -l -p $port_out >$nodepath/in_$host_idx 2>/dev/null </dev/null & jobs -l" | awk {'print $2'})
-  ssh $host -n "tail -s0.1 -f --pid=$pid $nodepath/in_$host_idx 2>/dev/null </dev/null | LC_ALL='$LC_ALL' sort -S$sort_mem -T$tmp_dir -k$mapcolumn,$mapcolumn 2>/dev/null $reduce | nc -q0 -l -p $port_in >&/dev/null &"
+  ssh -n $host "mkdir -p \"$nodepath\""
+  pid=$(ssh -n $host "nc -l -p $port_out >\"$nodepath\"/in_$host_idx 2>/dev/null </dev/null & jobs -l" | awk {'print $2'})
+  ssh $host -n "tail -s0.1 -f --pid=$pid \"$nodepath\"/in_$host_idx 2>/dev/null </dev/null | LC_ALL='$LC_ALL' sort -S$sort_mem -T\"$tmp_dir\" -k$mapcolumn,$mapcolumn 2>/dev/null $reduce | nc -q0 -l -p $port_in >&/dev/null &"
   # our local forwarders
-  nc $host $port_in >$jobpath/in/$host_idx &
-  nc -q0 $host $port_out <$jobpath/out/$host_idx &
+  nc $host $port_in >"$jobpath"/in/$host_idx &
+  nc -q0 $host $port_out <"$jobpath"/out/$host_idx &
   # our vars
-  out_files="$out_files $jobpath/out/$host_idx"
+  out_files="$out_files \"$jobpath\"/out/$host_idx"
   port_in=$(($port_in + 2))
   port_out=$(($port_in + 1))
   host_idx=$(($host_idx + 1))
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ done
 
 # okay, time to map
 if which brp >/dev/null; then
-  eval "${input:+pv $input |} brp - $(($mapcolumn - 1)) $out_files"
+  eval "${input:+pv \"$input\" |} brp - $(($mapcolumn - 1)) $out_files"
 else
   # use awk if we don't have brp
   # we're taking advantage of a special property that awk leaves its file handles open until its done
   # i think this is universal
   # we're also sending a zero length string to all the handles at the end, in case some pipe got no love
-  eval "${input:+pv $input |} awk '{
+  eval "${input:+pv \"$input\" |} awk '{
       srand(\$$mapcolumn);
       print \$0 >>\"$jobpath/out/\"int(rand() * $host_idx);
     }
@@ -108,18 +108,18 @@ fi
 
 # save it somewhere
 if which brm >/dev/null; then
-  eval "brm - $(($mapcolumn - 1)) `find $jobpath/in/ -type p | xargs` ${output:+| pv >$output}"
+  eval "brm - $(($mapcolumn - 1)) `find "$jobpath"/in/ -type p -print0 | xargs -0` ${output:+| pv >\"$output\"}"
 else
   # use sort -m if we don't have brm
   # sort -m creates tmp files if too many input files are specified
   # brm doesn't do this
-  eval "sort -k$mapcolumn,$mapcolumn -m $jobpath/in/* ${output:+| pv >$output}"
+  eval "sort -k$mapcolumn,$mapcolumn -m \"$jobpath\"/in/* ${output:+| pv >\"$output\"}"
 fi
 
 # finally, clean up after ourselves
-rm -rf $jobpath
+rm -rf "$jobpath"
 for host in $hosts; do
-  ssh $host "rm -rf $nodepath"
+  ssh $host "rm -rf \"$nodepath\""
 done
 
 # TODO: is there a safe way to kill subprocesses upon fail?