On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 01:23:47PM -0600, David Berg wrote: > I'm trying to write a for loop that descends into a list of > directories and runs a command. I can't seem to get the quoting right > though. Most of the directories have spaces and they are making > things difficult for me. Here is what I have: > > for DIR in dir\ 1 dir\ 2 dir\ 3; do > cd $DIR > pwd > cd .. > done > > The spaces in $DIR aren't escaped. > > Any help, including a pointer to the relevant part of TFM, is much appreciated. > > --Dave Hi Dave, the 'magic' is to never bother with escaped space!! Just use double quotes! for DIR in "dir 1 dir 2 dir 3"; do cd "$DIR" pwd cd .. done or something like it Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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