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Old 04-22-2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Calypso View Post
Code:
for file in `find $dir -name "*.txt"`; do
The only problem is that some files have spaces in their names for example "/etc/space inFilename"

and then it prints the file out twice ie

/etc/space
inFilename

is there anyway to print it out as one?

Code:
find $dir -name "*.txt" |
  while IFS= read -r file; do