Patrick 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?
Forget IFS--xargs can do you work for you, and in just one command line:
xargs -i scp '[EMAIL PROTECTED]:{}' here/ <list-of-files
(where "list-of-files" is your file containing the list of filenames).
- Neil Parker
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