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# 1  
Old 06-18-2013
Wrench [Solved] Search a string having spaces
Hi

I am looking to search a string having spaces in a directory


for example :

my string is "summer hot"

my code :
Code:
for i in `cat position__list.txt`
do
        echo $i" : " `find . -mtime -6 | xargs grep -l ":83D:$i" | xargs ls -ltr|tail -1|awk '{ print $6 , $7 , $8, $9; }'`>>/anilkln/outputposition.txt
done

here I am searching ":83D:summer hot"
and when I do this I am getting the list of filenames having "summer" and a separate list of filenames having "hot"

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Mod Comment Code tags for code, please.
Last edited by Corona688; 06-18-2013 at 06:40 PM..
# 2  
Old 06-18-2013
The problem is that xargs by default has a problem with space.
You can escape this with the -i option and {}
Code:
find . -mtime -6 | xargs -i grep -l ":83D:$i" {} | xargs -i ls -ltr {} | tail -1

# 3  
Old 06-19-2013
Tried the same but no luck.It is not working.please advice. I want only the filenames having the string ":83D: summer hot"
Last edited by wedng.bell; 06-19-2013 at 09:48 AM..
# 4  
Old 06-19-2013
Ran on AIX 5.3:

Code:
find /tmp -name '*:83D:*summer*hot*' -type f -print

/tmp/file-:83D: summer hot.txt

# 5  
Old 06-19-2013
This could not help me because the string will come from the input file
# 6  
Old 06-19-2013
Hmm yes, also the rest of your code is not space-safe.
The for loop works with a list, and `cat file` is a quick-and-dirty method to obtain a list. A while loop is more robust. And all references $i should be in quotes.
Code:
while read i
do
  echo "$i : " `find . -mtime -6 | xargs -i grep -l ":83D:$i" {} | xargs -i ls -ltr {} 
| tail -1 | awk '{ print $6 , $7 , $8, $9; }'`
done < position__list.txt >>/anilkln/outputposition.txt

If all output inside the loop is redirected to a file, then it is more efficient to redirect the loop.
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 06-19-2013 at 01:48 PM..
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# 7  
Old 06-21-2013
Thanks this workedSmilie

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Mod Comment edit by bakunin: changed thread title to "solved".
Last edited by bakunin; 06-23-2013 at 05:19 AM..
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