> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross Smith > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:33 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: "ls" finds file1 but "ls file1" does not > > Charles D. Russell wrote: > > Eric Blake wrote: > > > >> mv -v "$f" " ` echo $f | tr A-Z a-z ` " > > > > EVIL - you are moving "FOO" to " foo " (Windows strips trailing > > spaces, but not leading spaces, so it is really moving to " foo"). > > YOU ARE ADDING SPACES to the filename. Fix your script so > that there > > are no spaces between "` and `". > > _____________ > > > > Thought it was clever of me to make that little ` visible > to my old eyes. > > I always use $(...) instead; it's equivalent to `...` and > much easier to read. >
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