hi,

did u try the code given by me ?

@abinaya
sorry, yes i did try your solution and im afraid i couldnt get it to work either

These are two methods which are very close but still dont work, any other ideas
this script does not wait for the user input example output looks like
spaceDir/ 234.txt remove space (Y/N)
input not regonised
spaceDir/12 34.txt remove space (Y/N)
input not regonised

This method waits for the user input but does not print out the file correctly e.g
spaceDir/file remove spaces(Y/N): y
mv: cannot access spaceDir/file
spaceDir/name remove spaces(Y/N): y
mv: cannot access spaceDir/name

Thanks in advance

Hi,

I have created few files with spave in between.My code works as follows.

# more test1
#!/bin/sh
for file in *.txt
do
echo " \"$file\" delete(Y/N) :"
read opt
case $opt in
[yY])rm "$file"
echo "$file removed........."
;;
esac
done
# touch "1 .txt" "2 .txt"
# touch "4.txt" "_3.txt"
# ls *.txt
1 .txt 2 .txt _3.txt 4.txt
# ./test1
"1 .txt" delete(Y/N) :
y
1 .txt removed.........
"2 .txt" delete(Y/N) :
y
2 .txt removed.........
"4.txt" delete(Y/N) :
y
4.txt removed.........
"_3.txt" delete(Y/N) :
y
_3.txt removed.........
# ls -l *.txt
*.txt: No such file or directory
#

Thanks abinaya, very useful
Calypso