Re: Spaces in args, escapes, and command substitution

[Bob Proulx]

bash@zacglen.com wrote:
> But, given that find is clever enough to assemble arguments containing
> spaces into an arglist and feeding them to vi, why can't bash?

I find the 'find' solution to be one that I am more attracted to but
if you put it that way I will note that bash has the capabilities.

  grep --null -l PATTERN * | while read -d $'\0' f; do vi "$f"; done

Or:

  grep --null -l PATTERN * | while read -d '' f; do vi "$f"; done

Bob