Re: Handle each file at a time in loop?
On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 02:00:31AM +0530, Foss User wrote:
> $ ls
> convert.sh Track 1.wav Track 3.wav Track 5.wav Track 7.wav Track 9.wav
> Track 1.mp3 Track 2.wav Track 4.wav Track 6.wav Track 8.wav
>
> So, you can see there are file names with spaces in them. I have
> written a script like this to handle one file name at a time.
>
> for file in `ls *.wav`
> do
> echo $file
> done
>
> Of course, this doesn't do what I need. The names are split wherever
> there are spaces.
The ls is a totally unnecessary extra process and is what is causing
your problem.
for file in *.wav
do
echo "$file"
done
The quote marks around the variable ensure it is treated as a unit even
if it contains spaces.
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