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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Sed- Replace space in filename by a \ Post 302841095 by INNSAV1 on Wednesday 7th of August 2013 02:37:23 AM
Old 08-07-2013
Hi Ravindra,

Actually no. All I need is this:
Code:
# start a loop where all files are considered one by one do
for file in `find . -type f -print | cut -c 3- }/g'`
  # get the file name from this instance and replace space by '\ '
  file2=`echo $file | sed 's/ /\ /g'`

  # then find the size of that file using du -k
  size=`du -k $file3` 
done

I need the code in that order as I do not want to find the size of all files in a directory. Rather I am comparing some properties of a file and if they dont match I need to make a list of the name of that file and its size. The issue is du -k does not give sizes fo filenames with a space in them. So, I need to escape it using a backslash so for example:
Code:
file=/usr/Neil C/o.jpg
file3=/usr/Neil\ C/o.jpg
size=`du -k $file3` #(4 or something)

I cannot use ls -ltr as I dont not want the sizes of all files.

Thanks
Neil
Last edited by Scott; 08-07-2013 at 07:00 AM.. Reason: Use code tags, please...
 

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