Re: piping find to zip -- with spaces in path
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:53:33 -0700
Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
> > Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
> > > I tried this and it successfully creates myfile.zip:
> > >
> > > find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -print | zip myfile -@
> > >
> > > But it fails if there are spaces in the path or filename. How can I
> > > make it work with spaces?
> >
> > I think the best way would be to quote them in the pipe:
> >
> > find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -printf "'%p'\n" | zip myfile -@
>
> But that fails when the filename contains a quote character.
>
> John's Important File
>
> Using zero terminated strings (zstrings) are best for handling
> arbitrary data in filenames.
>
> Real Unix(TM) users never put [^[:ascii:]] characters in file names.
>
> Bob
True. Underscores are _wonderful_ things. But remember, Linux is Not Unix!
Unfortunately for the OP, i don't *think* zip accepts zstrings. Perhaps a script to just remove all of the non-ascii characters in the filename of all files in the current directory?
Random tangent, but pascal strings are often more efficient from a programming standpoint than c-style strings...
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rbmj
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