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From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gnetist bom
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On Sun, 25 Oct 2020, gene glick (geneglick AT optonline DOT net) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> The attrib file doesn't appear to handle part parameters that have 
> spaces. For example, I used "manufacturer part number", and it parsed it 
> out to "manufacturer", "part" and "number"

The attribute names in "attribs" can be separated by spaces, tabs, or 
newlines.

This is of course a problem if an attribute name contains a space or 
tabulator character--which is discouraged but valid.  As a workaround, you 
could use the backend option "-Oattribs=...,manufacturer part number", 
where attribute names are separated by commata and whitespace characters 
are treated as part of the attribute name.  Make sure to apply proper 
shell quoting.