space in file name Error

vicky007aggrwal · 10-31-2012, 02:33 PM

Can someone please suggest how to print out the names of files having space in between them.

I am running the following for loop , but the thing is it is treating space delimiter between file names as new file ......please help

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>>>>>>>>>ls -lrt
total 0
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 31 11:31 file 3
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 31 11:31 file 2
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 31 11:31 file 1

>>>>>for i in `ls`; do echo $i;echo "****"; done
file
****
1
****
file
****
2
****
file
****
3
****

unSpawn · 10-31-2012, 02:47 PM

In a previous thread it was suggested to prefer "while" over "for" loops. See if you can deal with things using:

Code:

find /path/ type f -iname file\* | while read ITEM; do
 doSomething "${ITEM}"
..

* In previous threads you have also been made aware of mywiki.wooledge.org and the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. I'm going to add a few links in the hope you read and consult them:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginne...tml/index.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/man...ode/index.html
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sh.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls

vicky007aggrwal · 10-31-2012, 02:54 PM

???????????

unSpawn · 10-31-2012, 02:57 PM

Also mark your own threads you replied to today as "solved" if they are and don't post this kind of "????" nonsense.

vicky007aggrwal · 10-31-2012, 03:02 PM

Thankz for ur heartfelt comments .. I didnt understand that y written ?..

unSpawn · 10-31-2012, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vicky007aggrwal

for i in `ls`; do echo $i;echo "****"; done

Code:

find /path/ type f -iname file\* | while read ITEM; do echo "${ITEM}"; echo "****"; done