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# 1  
Old 05-22-2007
Space problem in files
Hi,

I have a file containing a list of entries.

Want to do ls on them.

for a in `cat <list.txt>`; do ls $a; done;

Now some entries contain spaces.
How do i incorporate space in $a.

Quoting $a in "" doesn't help.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 05-22-2007
Are you trying to check whether files in list.txt exists? Can you show list.txt?
# 3  
Old 05-22-2007
List contains name of files:

eg.

A.txt
The hell.txt
etc.

I want to perform some operations on all.

Now how do i go about with "The Hell.txt"
# 4  
Old 05-22-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vibhor_agarwali
List contains name of files:

eg.

A.txt
The hell.txt
etc.

I want to perform some operations on all.

Now how do i go about with "The Hell.txt"
Code:
while read file
do
    echo "$file"
done < list.txt

Since some of the filename contain spaces use quotes to do your operation.
# 5  
Old 05-22-2007
Okay,

And if i have to take it directly from command substitution:

like:

for a in `find . -type f`; do ......

Then ...
# 6  
Old 05-22-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by vibhor_agarwali
Okay,

And if i have to take it directly from command substitution:

like:

for a in `find . -type f`; do ......

Then ...
Code:
find . -type f | while read file
do
         ....
done

# 7  
Old 05-22-2007
Great,

I generally do my work with for, not pretty convercent with while. Smilie

Any way of doing this for loop.

Thanks
 
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