To be safe in case spaces, tabs, other IFS characters are later added to the value assigned to the src_path variable, I think you should also quote the expansion of src_path in the redirection at the end of the loop as well as in all places where it is expanded inside the loop:
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Dear All,
I'm trying to write a script that searches thru a directory looking for a most recent file and then scp that file.
I have the scp working, but I don't know how to browse the directory and select the most recent file.
The file name includes a date & time stamp (e.g.... (3 Replies)
i have a file in unix having data like
cat
dog
(having spaces in the beginning)
when i read it in a shell script
cat file_name |while read line
do
echo $line
done
it will print
cat
dog
spaces at the beginning are removed....
i dont want these spaces to be... (2 Replies)
Hi
I am trouble parsing through a file with spaces in the filename. I need to grab "supportIDPS/SCM/windows_install/file groups/dds.fgl" and then do a md5sum on it. I am using sh.
Any help is appreciated.
Here is an example of the input file:
7eedbc9f7902bf4c1878d9e571addf9a ... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I found the mimesender multiple attachment emailing shell script in the FAQ of these forums, and I have been able to use it to send multiple files, but only if they don't have spaces in their file name or path.
When I attempt to send a file with spaces in it's name, enclosed... (0 Replies)
I have a script that generates a variable with the location of a file and its complete path. What i want to do is to "cd" to the directory where that file is located using the path name of the file. GIS has absolutely failed me.
For example when i run my script it generates a variable called... (1 Reply)
Hi!
I would like to funnel a series of directories and subdirectories into a text file. This is the output I would like to see from a find command:
/mypath/ABC_01/VISIT_01
/mypath/ABC_01/VISIT_02
/mypath/ABC_01/VISIT_03
/mypath/ABC_02/VISIT_01
/mypath/ABC_03/VISIT_01
I've tried:
find... (2 Replies)
consider the small piece of code
while read line
do
echo $line
done < example
content of example file
sadasdasdasdsa erwerewrwr ergdgdfgf rgerg erwererwr
the output is like
sadasdasdasdsa erwerewrwr ergdgdfgf rgerg erwererwr
the... (4 Replies)
Hello all,
I am new to scripting and here is what I want to get done.
I need to run some processing on many files. I have a whole bunch of files among which there are a few that I am interested in. What I need to do is to write a script which reads the file paths from a text file. line by... (1 Reply)
Hi all my very first post so go easy on me!!
I am trying to build a very simple script to list a file path with spaces in. But I can't get around this problem. My script is as follows:
#!/bin/bash
X="/Library/Users/Application\ Support/"
LS="ls"
AL="-al"
$LS $AL $X
The response I... (5 Replies)
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View a Perl source code file, syntax highlighted.
-c, --code=CODE
view CODE, syntax highlighted
-l, --lines
display line numbers
-L, --no-lines
supress display of line numbers (default)
-m, --module=FILE
consider FILE the name of a module, not a file name
-n, --name
display the name of each file (default)
-N, --no-name
supress display of file names (implied by --no-reset)
-p, --pod
display inline POD documentation (default)
-P, --no-pod
hide POD documentation (line numbers still increment)
-r, --reset
reset formatting and line numbers each file (default)
-R, --no-reset
supress resetting of formatting and line numbers
-s, --shift=WIDTH
set tab width (default is 4)
-t, --tabs
translate tabs into spaces (default)
-T, --no-tabs
supress translating of tabs into spaces
--help display this help and exit
Note that module names should be given as they would appear after a Perl `use' or `require' statement. `Getopt::Long', for example.
Each string given using -c is considered a different file, so line number and formatting resets will apply.
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