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# 1  
Old 06-14-2008
Cp/Mkdir and spaces
I am having trouble using cp and mkdir commands on a small script. The problem is I have spaces what I am trying to mkdir and then copy. Any suggestions on how I can solve this problem? I've tried searching online.

Code:
while read linefile
do  
  echo mkdir -p $CPP$linefile | cut -d / -f 1-5,8-12
  echo cp "$linefile" $CPP$linefile | cut -d / -f 1-11,14-18
done < /tmp/itunes_50.txt

I've tried \" but that didn't help. Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 06-14-2008
Try to quote all your variables and change the IFS temporary:

Code:
OIFS=$IFS
IFS=""

Do you stuff here..........

IFS=$OIFS

But.... you should avoid spaces in file and directory names.

Regards
# 3  
Old 06-14-2008
Sorry, I don't quite follow. Still learning.
# 4  
Old 06-14-2008
It should looks like:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/sh
.
.
.

OIFS=$IFS
IFS=""

while read linefile
do  
  echo mkdir -p "${CPP}""${linefile}" | cut -d / -f 1-5,8-12
  echo cp "${linefile}" "${CPP}""${linefile}" | cut -d / -f 1-11,14-18
done < /tmp/itunes_50.txt

IFS=$OIFS

.
.

Regards
# 5  
Old 06-15-2008
You do learn something new everyday. The code kind of worked. It what you said it would do, but no exactly what I wanted. I did change the script, but again another error. I know, most of you with bash experience will probably say this is some ugly code. I'm learning, deal with it.

Code:
while read linefile
do  
  MKK=`echo "$CPP$linefile" | cut -d / -f 1-5,8-10`
  echo mkdir -p "\"$MKK"\"
  # echo $MKK
  CCP=`echo "$linefile""\" "\""$CPP""$linefile" | cut -d / -f 1-11,14-18`
  echo cp "\"$CCP"\"
done < /tmp/itunes_50.txt

Now it works fine with the echo command. But when I get rid of the echo and just use cp or mkdir, it creates no directories and tells me I am not using the copy command correctly. I have tried different `"' but nothing I do seems to solve this problem.
# 6  
Old 06-15-2008
What is the output of these commands?

Code:
echo mkdir -p "\"$MKK"\"
echo cp "\"$CCP"\"

Regards
# 7  
Old 06-15-2008
Here's what I get...
Code:
mkdir -p "/Users/diegoa/Desktop/itunesdir/Music/Smashing Pumpkins/Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk"
cp "/Volumes/Diego_External/Music/Smashing Pumpkins/Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk/02 Tonight, Tonight 1.mp3" "/Users/diegoa/Desktop/itunesdir/Music/Smashing Pumpkins/Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Dawn To Dusk/02 Tonight, Tonight 1.mp3"

Which is perfect if I copy it and run it on the shell.
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