How to access directory names that contain spaces ?

s_deepak_123 · 03-07-2006, 02:40 AM

Hi all,

I have a script, that is supposed to search for files in all directories. Here is the part of it

for filename in `ls` ; do
cd "$filename"
# Searching files
done

Above code will work fine for all directories that doesn't contain any spaces in their names. But when a directory that contains space in its name, can't be accessed as the name gets split.

Thanks in advance.

kshkid · 03-07-2006, 03:07 AM

Quote:

for filename in `ls` ; do
cd "$filename"
# Searching files
done

your script will not work witht the listing `ls`
as it would have files
and cd to a file would fail

try this,

Code:

for dirs in `ls -l | sed -n 's/^d.*[0-9] //p' | sed -e 's/ /#/'`
do
echo "${dirs}" | sed 's/#/ /'
#your operation here
done

kshkid · 03-07-2006, 03:08 AM

Quote:

I have a script, that is supposed to search for files in all directories. Here is the part of it

if your script is to find for files

why dont use find command from your home dir itself... i believe that would do

bigearsbilly · 03-07-2006, 03:28 AM

?? for doesn't care about spaces. you don't need ls

Code:

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