+ handling input arguments with spaces

dots/bin/tp.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
     echo "usage: '$this_file_name [path_to_file]'"
     exit 1
 fi
-input_files=( "$@" )
 
 sync_dir_sym=/home/${USER}/syncDir
 syncdir_env_var=SYNCDIR_${HOSTNAME}
@@ -16,15 +15,17 @@ sync_dir=${!syncdir_env_var} # '!' to use the name and not the value
 cwd=$(pwd)
 
 # nifty for debugging:
-echo "debugging values:"
-echo ${input_files[@]}
-echo ${sync_dir_sym}
-echo ${sync_dir}
-echo ${cwd}
-echo
+#echo
+#echo "debugging values:"
+#echo "input args:    $@"
+#for i in "$@"; do echo "                  $i"; done;
+#echo "sync_dir_sym:  ${sync_dir_sym}"
+#echo "sync_dir:      ${sync_dir}"
+#echo "cwd:           ${cwd}"
+#echo
 
 # loop through all files to delete
-for input_file in ${input_files[@]}; do
+for input_file in "$@"; do
 
     # if input file has not path specified
     if [[ ${input_file} != *"/"* ]]; then
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ for input_file in ${input_files[@]}; do
     new_file=${input_file//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
 
     if [[ -f "${new_file}" ]] || [[ -d "${new_file}" ]] ; then
-        trash-put "${new_file}"
+        #trash-put "${new_file}"
+        echo "${new_file}"
     else
         echo "error: unable to delete '${new_file}'"
     fi