[Bug 1961600] [NEW] "open" command crashes when filename as space in it

[Mridul Gupta]

Public bug reported:

I use Lubuntu 21.04. I use "open" command a lot to open files (mostly
pdfs, sometimes images or videos) from terminal. It breaks when there is
a space in the filename. Since /usr/bin/open -> /etc/alternatives/open
-> /usr/bin/run-mailcap. I ran it using the "run-mailcap" name. I mailed
the creator of run-mailcap. I'm attaching the email exchange as a text
file. I also attach the run-mailcap file. And the bug is on line 480:
"if (decode(langinfo(CODESET()), $file) =~ m![^[:alnum:],.:/@%^+=_-]!i
and $0 !~ "open") {"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: mailcap 3.68ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-49.55-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Mon Feb 21 19:48:43 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-01-24 (28 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: mailcap
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: mailcap (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug hirsute

** Attachment added: "Open the zip file, it should have 2 plain text files. One is the email exchange and the other is the run-mailcap script on my distribution."
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1961600/+attachment/5562494/+files/files.zip

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to mailcap in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1961600

Title:
  "open" command crashes when filename as space in it

Status in mailcap package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use Lubuntu 21.04. I use "open" command a lot to open files (mostly
  pdfs, sometimes images or videos) from terminal. It breaks when there
  is a space in the filename. Since /usr/bin/open ->
  /etc/alternatives/open -> /usr/bin/run-mailcap. I ran it using the
  "run-mailcap" name. I mailed the creator of run-mailcap. I'm attaching
  the email exchange as a text file. I also attach the run-mailcap file.
  And the bug is on line 480: "if (decode(langinfo(CODESET()), $file) =~
  m![^[:alnum:],.:/@%^+=_-]!i and $0 !~ "open") {"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: mailcap 3.68ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-49.55-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-49-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Mon Feb 21 19:48:43 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-01-24 (28 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: mailcap
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mailcap/+bug/1961600/+subscriptions