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Old 12-12-2014
Working with lines or variables that have spaces or special characters
Example:
Code:
while read line
do
stat -c %G $line
done < somefile.txt

The problem is that inside somefile.txt lines can have any symbol allowed as file name, like (). Even with spaces, it splits the words.


somefile.txt:
Code:
dira/my first jump.avi
dirb/surf video (1080p).mkv

Last edited by Tribe; 12-12-2014 at 03:07 PM..
# 2  
Old 12-12-2014
Hi,

Try:
Code:
stat -c %G "$line"

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Old 12-12-2014
Thanks worked!
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