Re: OT: shell scripts and spaces in file/folder names

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Joris Huizer wrote:

> for i in `ls .`
> do
>   #...
> done

try ...  (untested )

#
# note star instead of dot ...important...
#
#	dont forget to cd /someplace/first
#	and make sure cd worked
#
for i in ` ls * `
do
  ls -la ' $i '
done

what you do with the files w/ whitespaces and other whacky chars
is up to you ... iny our command to process those files
	--
	-- be careful .. you can get into a heap of trouble
	-- w/o first checking the files for wierd/un-acceptable filenames
	-- esp if you have a joker in your lan that likes practical jokes
	--

-- scripting is fun and annoying too, and fast and simple, or long and
   tedious

c ya
alvin