diff -ur aview-1.3.0-orig/asciiview aview-1.3.0/asciiview
--- aview-1.3.0-orig/asciiview	2005-08-15 21:20:16.000000000 -0400
+++ aview-1.3.0/asciiview	2005-08-15 21:20:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 }
 myconvert()
 {
-   if anytopnm $1 >/tmp/aview$$.pgm 2>/dev/null ; then
+   if anytopnm "$1" >/tmp/aview$$.pgm 2>/dev/null ; then
      exit
-   elif convert -colorspace gray $1 pgm:- 2>/dev/null ; then
+   elif convert -colorspace gray "$1" pgm:- 2>/dev/null ; then
      exit
    fi
    echo "Failed to convert file format to PNM by both convert and anytopnm" >&2
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@
       options="$options $1"
       shift
       ;;
-    *) 
-      filenames="$filenames $1"
+    *)
+      if [ "$filenames" = "" ]
+      then
+        filenames=$1   #avoid leading null
+      else
+        filenames=$(echo -e "$filenames\000$1")
+      fi
       shift
       ;;
   esac
@@ -53,15 +58,16 @@
 trap clear 0
 mkfifo /tmp/aview$$.pgm
 outfile=/tmp/aview$$.pgm
-for name in $filenames ; do
-if test -r $name ; then
-case $name in
+IFS=$(echo -e "\000")
+echo $filenames | while read name; do
+if test -r "$name" ; then
+case "$name" in
 *.fli | *.lfc | *.flic )
   PATH="$PATH:."
-  aaflip $options $name
+  aaflip $options "$name"
   ;;
 *)
-  myconvert $name >/tmp/aview$$.pgm &
+  myconvert "$name" >/tmp/aview$$.pgm &
   pid=$!
   PATH="$PATH:."
   aview  $options /tmp/aview$$.pgm