07-24-2009
copying files with spaces in the filename
Hi
I am having difficulty copying files from one dir to another due to a space in the names of the file with an extension .rtf
There are a group of files and the command am using is
cp `ls -rt /wlblive/home/whiops/ops/RTFs/*.rtf|head -20` /wlblive/home/jamshed
Since the files are like "EUJUL4_VF70864331401_WILLIAM ROYTMAN.rtf" where there is a space as you notice in the name the copy command fails.
Please help.
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E2CP(1) General Commands Manual E2CP(1)
NAME
e2cp - copies files from/to an e2fs filesystem
SYNOPSIS
e2cp [options] files... dest
DESCRIPTION
The e2cp command copies files to/from an e2fs filesystem from/to the machine's filesystem.
OPTIONS
A single `-' (dash) can be used instead of a file name to indicate standard input/output.
-0 Input lines terminated by a null character.
-a Absolute directory names - create directories instead of just copying into the destination. Only valid for copying into an ext2fs
filesystem.
-d dest_dir
Destination of files to be copied. May be in the ext2fs filesystem or the host filesystem.
-G gid Set the default group to gid.
-O uid Set the default file owner to uid.
-p Preserve host file attributes (permissions, times, etc.) when copying files.
-P mode
Set the file permissions (ie 755, 666).
-s src_dir
The source of the files to be copied.
-v Be verbose.
SEE ALSO
e2tools(7), e2ln(1), e2ls(1), e2mkdir(1), e2mv(1), e2rm(1), e2tail(1).
AUTHOR
The e2tools were written by Keith Sheffield <sheff@pobox.com>.
This manual page was written by Lucas Wall <lwall@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
March 2, 2005 E2CP(1)