At 05:19 AM 8/23/2008, David Banning wrote:
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
then filenames that have a space in them ie: john smith.jpg
are processed by my script as two names, john
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
then filenames that have a space in them ie: john smith.jpg
are processed by my script as two names, john and smith.jpg.
What is the best way to deal
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:19:42 -0400
David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
for x in *
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RW writes:
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
for x in *
There's the (poorly documented, IMO) IFS (internal field
separator) shell variable. It's a
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:19:42 -0400, David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
then filenames that have a space in them ie: john smith.jpg
are
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 04:09:57PM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:19:42 -0400, David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:16:36 -0400, Thomas Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
spaces won't go away, and since they're legal in filenames, one may as
well handle them.
Well, it's completely possible to create a file name like:
This is my *favourite* photo from Cats \ by Bob Jane / my wife ~ 2008
Polytropon wrote:
Well, it's completely possible to create a file name like:
This is my *favourite* photo from Cats \ by Bob Jane / my wife ~ 2008
`musical'.JPG
Um... actually you cannot create that as a filename on UFS. There are
precisely two characters you cannot use in a filename.
