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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cp/Mkdir and spaces Post 302205357 by imagiro1 on Saturday 14th of June 2008 01:44:58 PM
Old 06-14-2008
Cp/Mkdir and spaces
I am having trouble using cp and mkdir commands on a small script. The problem is I have spaces what I am trying to mkdir and then copy. Any suggestions on how I can solve this problem? I've tried searching online.

Code:
while read linefile
do  
  echo mkdir -p $CPP$linefile | cut -d / -f 1-5,8-12
  echo cp "$linefile" $CPP$linefile | cut -d / -f 1-11,14-18
done < /tmp/itunes_50.txt

I've tried \" but that didn't help. Thanks in advance.
 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

mu-mkdir

MU-MKDIR(1)                                                   General Commands Manual                                                  MU-MKDIR(1)

NAME

       mu_mkdir -  create a new Maildir

SYNOPSIS

       mu mkdir [options] <dir> [<dirs>]

DESCRIPTION

       mu  mkdir is the mu sub-command for creating Maildirs. It does not use the mu database. With the mkdir command, you can create new Maildirs
       with permissions 0755. For example,

          mu mkdir tom dick harry

       creates three Maildirs, tom, dick and harry.

       If creation fails for whatever reason, no attempt is made to remove any parts that were created. This is for safety reasons.

OPTIONS

       --mode=<mode>
              set the file access mode for the new maildir(s) as in chmod(1).

BUGS

       Please report bugs if you find them: http://code.google.com/p/mu0/issues/list

AUTHOR

       Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>

SEE ALSO

       maildir(5) mu(1) chmod(1)

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