Programming :: Handle Files With Spaces In Their Names In Bash?
Apr 1, 2011
*I'm using Ubuntu 10.10
My issue is I can't handle the files with spaces in their name, I've donde the below script to print each file found inside folder and subbfolders with "find".
I would like to "ls" to each file found with its complete path and with its basename too.
Code:
files=$(find . -type f)
for each in "$files"
do
ls -l "$each" # 1rst option I've tried to list with full path
ls -l "$(/bin/echo "$each")" # 2nd option I've tried to list with full path
ls -l "$(/bin/echo $(basename "$each"))" # 1nd option I've tried to list with it basename
[Code].....
How can I list "ls -l" in both cases (with full path and with basename) when there are files with spaces in their name?
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Jul 24, 2010
I have a laptop that I am in through SSH. The laptop does not have an Xwindow system so I am using the program fbi to open an image on my laptop screen from my SSH connection:
fbi -T 8 picture.jpg #this opens the image on the laptops tty8 terminal
I've found that making a for loop does not work with files that contain a space in the name. Something to due with a bug that they call a "feature" that stops the first variable at the first whitespace.
Using a "while" loop is not exactly what i require either seeing as I want to be able to view each image in the directory on screen and tag it accordingly, before it jumps off to the next image, and I'm not sure how to add a pause to a while loop.
How do I make a Bash script and loop Variables handle files like "files that contain spaces.jpg"
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this command :
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put a space also before the extension iso ??
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For example, say the file name was Star Quest.php
When the script executes one $filename would be Star and another Quest.php.
How could I account for this? Something like $'filename'
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.. sql query..
!!
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Code:
...
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Code:
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I'll try to be clear but I think I'm in a mess with my code right now, so it may appear here too
Here is a function. The part I want you to see is the 'eval' sentence.
This works.
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That's alright.
Code:
Now, later, I NEED to count the number of elements in the array(s).
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Code:
#!/bin/bash
# trash - Script to move file or folder to the trash can and create a log file
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make_paths
SOURCE="$1"
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[ -e "$SOURCE" ] || err_output "$SOURCE"
[ -d "$DEST" ] || err_output "$DEST"
FILE="$(basename "$SOURCE")"
if [ -e "${DEST}/${FILE}" ]; then
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if [[ "$nr" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
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write_log_unique
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Code:
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file file.1 Files Files.1 Junk
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Code:
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