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Old 02-16-2006, 01:39 AM   #1
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spaces in filenames


Another LinuxQuestions user has provided me with a simple bash script that performs an operation on all the files of a directory. However, many of the file names contain spaces. How can I modify the following code to work on files with spaces? The directory is on a mounted FAT32 partition.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
PWD=`pwd`
for file in `find $PWD -name "*.mp3"`
do
  eyeD3 --force-update --set-encoding=utf8  $file
done
I had considered converting the spaces to underscores, but that would upset the delicate wife/linux balance in our household.

Thank you.
 
Old 02-16-2006, 02:41 AM   #2
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Hi.

Replace $file with "$file"

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Old 02-16-2006, 02:44 AM   #3
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Thank you!
 
Old 02-16-2006, 02:51 AM   #4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dotancohen
Code:
#!/bin/bash
PWD=`pwd`
for file in `find $PWD -name "*.mp3"`
do
  eyeD3 --force-update --set-encoding=utf8  "$file"
done
You could also do this with something like
Code:
find . -name "*.mp3" -exec eyeD3 --force-update --set-encoding=utf8 '{}' \;
 
Old 02-16-2006, 03:07 AM   #5
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Er, didn't quite work. It still returns "file not found" for each file with spaces in the name.

In your second suggestion, is this the script that you suggest?:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
find . -name "*.mp3" -exec eyeD3 --force-update --set-encoding=utf8 '{}' \;
done
I just want to be sure before I ruin something.
 
Old 02-16-2006, 03:54 AM   #6
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Yes, or just run it on the command line.

Hmm, perhaps the quoting the filename thing will work here:
Code:
find . -name "*.mp3" -exec eyeD3 --force-update --set-encoding=utf8 "'{}'" \;
 
Old 02-16-2006, 04:30 AM   #7
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You shouldn't need all those quotes for find -exec, just the {}
should do it. It works OK for me with spaces.

FYI
PWD=`pwd`??? this is pointless. PWD is already set.
 
Old 02-16-2006, 05:52 AM   #8
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Thanks. As bigearsbilly had mentioned, the quotation marks around {} were redundant. It now works!
1) there was plenty of disk space
2) permissions were never a problem

Thank you.

Last edited by dotancohen; 02-16-2006 at 05:56 AM.
 
Old 02-16-2006, 05:54 AM   #9
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1) 2)
no that's just my signature
 
Old 02-16-2006, 07:41 AM   #10
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please post the result of this:

#!/bin/bash
for i in 'find --name "*.txt"'
do
echo $i
done
Just to text wat's the output of $i in ur box.
 
Old 02-16-2006, 07:54 AM   #11
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Code:
find --name "*.txt"
this would result in error in any shell
 
Old 02-16-2006, 07:59 AM   #12
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if no subdirectories

Code:
for f in *.txt ;do
  echo $f
done
 
Old 02-17-2006, 02:42 PM   #13
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In any case, I got it working with the code that spooon had suggested.
 
  


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