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Old 07-20-2011
Copy multiple files with space to folder
Please help ,
I am in an urgent need, Please help

nawk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){printf("%s\n",$i)}}' filename | sed 's/.*com//' | nawk '/pdf/ {printf("F:%s\n",$0)}' | while read line; do mv $line /images/; done

the above script works for without spaces but,My path is also having some space inbetween , how to ignore and copy the files from the path to a given folder. Kindly help
http://elib.com/SHC/SP%20Pages/SP%20...06460_0001.jpg http://elib.com/SHC/SP%20Pages/SP%20...06462_0001.jpg http://elib.com/SHC/SP%20Pages/SP%20...06463_0001.jpg http://elib.com/SHC/SP%20Pages/SP%20...06464_0001.jpg http://elib.com/SHC/SSP%20Pages/SP%2...06468_0001.jpg http://elib.com/SHC/SP%20Pages/SP%20...06469_0001.jpg
Thanks ,
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# 2  
Old 07-20-2011
Hi, you need to use weak quoting around variable references:
mv "$line"
# 3  
Old 07-20-2011
hi,

even though i include its not working. Please advise
# 4  
Old 07-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Hi, you need to use weak quoting around variable references:
mv "$line"
Hi, Scrutinizer:

While your quotes comment is certainly true, I believe there is also a more fundamental problem. The first nawk in the pipeline splits on any spaces, causing any filename with spaces to span multiple lines. By the time it reaches the end of the pipeline, there are no spaces to protect with quotes.

If indeed the source file is using spaces to delimit filenames which themselves may contain spaces, I suggest modifying the format of the source file.

If instead it is a tab-delimited file, the field separator has to be made more exact.

Regards,
Alister
 
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