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Re: Problems processing file list
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Problems processing file list |
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:03:33 -0500 |
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Misbah Qidwai <misbah@qidwai.net> wrote:
> I need help trying to process a file list that contains filenames
> which have escaped-spaces in the filename.
This list is about bugs/development of bash. For help with writing
scripts, go to news:comp.unix.shell. You'll find more help there.
> files=`ls -b .`
> for file in $files
You probably want to use something like "for file in *", and then use
double quotes around $file to protect it from word-splitting.
paul