1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/virename b/virename
index 137091d..8c30ccf 100755
--- a/virename
+++ b/virename
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ editor=${EDITOR:-vi}
 ls | tee "$file" > "$file2"
 $editor "$file2"
 
-if [ "$(wc -l $file  | awk '{print $1}')" != \
-     "$(wc -l $file2 | awk '{print $1}')" ]; then
+if [ "$(wc -l "$file"  | awk '{print $1}')" != \
+     "$(wc -l "$file2" | awk '{print $1}')" ]; then
         echo "Error reading new file names"
 else
-        paste "$file" "$file2" | while read f; do
+        paste "$file" "$file2" | while read -r f; do
                 fold=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/      .*//')
                 fnew=$(echo "$f" | sed 's/.*    //')
                 if [ "$fold" != "$fnew" ]; then