Patrick R. Wade wrote:
My problem ; i have a file containing a list of filenames, which may
contain spaces or dots in them:
---
foo
bar baz
quux.random
---
I would like to execute a series of scp commands on them:
---
scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:foo here/
scp "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:bar baz" here/
scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:quux.random here/
---
My various efforts at IFS definition have not done what i wanted.
Can anyone point me towards the right way to do this?
Thanks for your time...
Patrick R. Wade
Would something like this help?
Regards
Fred James
#! /bin/bash
# fubar.sh
# to preform scp commands on the files listed in fubar
#
OrigFile="fubar"
TempFile="Fubar"
cp /dev/null $TempFile
while read fileName
do
echo $fileName | awk '{
N = split($0, FUBAR, " ")
for (i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
if (i == 1) {
Name = FUBAR[i]
} else {
Name = Name "\\ " FUBAR[i]
}
}
printf ( "scp \"%s\" \"%s.new\"\n", Name, Name )
}' >> $TempFile
done < $OrigFile
sh $TempFile
exit
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