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file name spaces problem

Hi,
im trying to list the contents of directory that has files with space in their filename.
my directory: (with ls -b)

01\ -\ Tear\ Me\ Down.mp3 08\ -\ Exquisite\ Corpse.mp3
02\ -\ The\ Origin\ of\ Love.mp3 09\ -\ Midnight\ Radio.mp3
03\ -\ Angry\ inch.mp3 10\ -\ Nailed.mp3
....

the command i am running

#!/bin/tcsh -f
set pw=`pwd`
foreach fn ( `ls | add_quotes`)
printf "%s/%s\n",$pw,$fn
end

the output i am getting:

,/mnt/wind/Media/Music/Soundtracks/Hedwigangry/inch,"01
,/mnt/wind/Media/Music/Soundtracks/Hedwigand/the
,/mnt/wind/Media/Music/Soundtracks/Hedwigangry/inch,-
,/mnt/wind/Media/Music/Soundtracks/Hedwigand/the
,/mnt/wind/Media/Music/Soundtracks/Hedwigangry/inch,Tear
.
.
.

As you can see, it is splitting the filename in the space although i do use the "\" (ls with -b)

Anyone???!?!?!?

:confused: :confused: :confused:

How about something like this...

Code:

#!/bin/bash

cd /home/images

for i in * ; do

  echo $i

done

Re: file name spaces problem

Hi hesher,

Came across your post while looking for clues on how to solve a similar problem.
Didn't find any good clues, so I thought "let's RTFM...". :cry:
And behold...:D:

Here's how to do it in tcsh:

Code:

#!/bin/tcsh -f

set pw="`pwd`"

foreach fn ( "`ls -1`" )

  printf "%s/%s\n" "$pw" "$fn"

end

Explanation (from the "Command substitution" section of the tcsh man page):

Normally, tcsh breaks the output of command substitution ( i.e. `...` ) into 'words'
(components of variables) at spaces and newlines. The breaks at spaces are
suppressed if you enclose the command substitution in double quotes.

So even though it looks weird, and you'd expect the loop to execute only once, it
does works grace to the newlines produced by "ls -1" (BTW, that's the DIGIT 1;
not the letter l...). And you need to quote $pw and $fn too, or you may still
get rubbish.