A few things: first, it's recommended to use $() instead of ``, since you can nest it.
Second, whenever the contents of a variable or a command output might contain a whitespace (which is also a parameter separator) that has to be preserved, surround it with double quotes.
Third, (not applicable in this case) whenever you list files, and the number of files might in extreme cases be very high, use something else than ls, or you'll fail on an "argument list too long" error.
Considering those:
Pludi is right .
edit by bakunin: ahem... which added insight is your post supposed to transport? If you don't have anything substantial to say please don't say it here.
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done
done
------------------------------------------------------------------
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