From e2947df7c9eb2ad029505cd49411530e533067fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:50:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix #1691 remove whitespace from output file paths (#1721)

---
 metplus/wrappers/command_builder.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/metplus/wrappers/command_builder.py b/metplus/wrappers/command_builder.py
index e41b51cf8..4148725b1 100755
--- a/metplus/wrappers/command_builder.py
+++ b/metplus/wrappers/command_builder.py
@@ -968,6 +968,9 @@ def find_and_check_output_file(self, time_info=None,
         # replace wildcard character * with all
         output_path = output_path.replace('*', 'all')
 
+        # replace any whitespace with an underscore
+        output_path = '_'.join(output_path.split())
+
         skip_if_output_exists = self.c_dict.get('SKIP_IF_OUTPUT_EXISTS', False)
 
         # get directory that the output file will exist