Shell Programming and Scripting

ok function it is.

Thanks radoulov. Your function works perfectly.

However one thing I didn't mention before is that I was doing a second ls alias called lfq which added the ls switch -Q to wrap "" around the filenames so that files with spaces would be conveniently enclosed in "".

My attempts to modify your function to achieve this have failed dismally. Can it be done, if so, how?

Thanks again.

Code:

lfq() {
  perl -le'
    -f and print qq("$_") for glob "*"
    '
    }

To do this with unix "find" we'll need to know which Operating System you have.

Shell only:

Code:

lfq() {
  for f in *; do
    [ -f "$f" ] && 
      printf '"%s"\n' "$f"
  done
  }

Code:

lf() {
  for f in *; do
    [ -f "$f" ] && 
	  printf '%s\n' "$f"
  done
  }

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Actually, I would recommend the shell only solution.

Thanks again radoulov, works a treat. Appreciate your time.

methyl - no need radoulov's function solution is perfect and done. Thanks anyway.

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Ok, I've tested those and they work perfectly as well.

Any particualar reason why they are preferable?

Cheers.

They are faster ...

Ok, done. That's a good enough reason for me!

Thanks again for all your help.