Re: [Help-bash] Multiple double quoted expansions

[Stephane Chazelas]

2016-05-01 08:14:47 +0300, Pierre Gaston:
[...]
> convert "$i" "${i%pcx}png";
> 
> for extra safety you can use:
> 
> for i in ./*.pcx
> 
> this can avoid trouble with filenames starting with eg -

For imagemagick convert, that also helps for filenames that
contain ":"s.

For instance:

convert gif:a.pcx gif:a.png

would create a gif file called a.png instead of a png file
called gif:a.png

convert ./gif:a.pcx ./gif:a.png

would be OK.

-- 
Stephane