3 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index a62c2b9..e6e278b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ xfileclip
 Copy and paste files to and from your shell and X programs!
 
 
-Dependencies: POSIX shell (like dash) and xclip
+Dependencies: POSIX shell (like dash), xclip and GNU awk
 
 Install:      just copy and paste `xcopy` and `xpaste` scripts
               somewhere on your $PATH.
diff --git a/xcopy b/xcopy
index 1795526..1511d51 100755
--- a/xcopy
+++ b/xcopy
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -e
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2023 dwlr <dweller@cabin.digital>
 #
 # BSD 3-Clause License (BSD-3-Clause)
 # See LICENSE for details
 
-set -e
-
 
 {
     echo "" # TODO: why does it need a \n before the list?
-
     for i in "$@"; do
-        echo "file://$(realpath ${i})"
+        echo "file://$(realpath "$i")"
     done
 
 } | xclip -sel clipboard -i -r -t text/uri-list
diff --git a/xpaste b/xpaste
index 444206f..77aa842 100755
--- a/xpaste
+++ b/xpaste
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -e
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2023 dwlr <dweller@cabin.digital>
 #
 # BSD 3-Clause License (BSD-3-Clause)
 # See LICENSE for details
 
-set -e
 
-
-echo "$(xclip -sel clipboard -o -r -t text/uri-list | cut -d':' -f2- | tr -d '\r')" \
+# NOTE: awk part does URI decoding
+xclip -sel clipboard -o -r -t text/uri-list | cut -d':' -f2- | tr -d '\r' \
+| awk -niord '{printf RT?$0chr("0x"substr(RT,2)):$0}' RS=%.. \
 | while IFS= read -r path
 do
-    if [ -e "${path}" ]; then
-        cp -v -r "${path}" "$(basename ${path})"
+    if [ -e "$path" ]; then
+        cp -v -r "$path" "$(basename "$path")"
     fi
 done