On 08/19/2013 11:51 AM, Enda wrote: > Say I type: > > $ echo cat $(ls -Qv *.pdf)
Insufficient quoting. Try: $ echo cat "$(ls -Qv *.pdf)" and to really see the difference, first do touch "two spaces.pdf" in the directory. But even then, that only shows the input that you want, but would still require an 'eval' to execute; and use of 'eval' in shell on arbitrary file names is generally not worth the added danger. Why are you even bothering with ls, when the following is faster and does what you want, without having to worry about awkward quoting in the first place? cat *.pdf > > How do I get around this problem? Your problem has nothing to do with coreutils, and everything to do with shell quoting. You may want to take this question to a forum dedicated to proper shell usage. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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