How can I cd into a dir, when it contains spaces, and I need to use it in a script?
the directory: /home/user/this is a folder/something
normally I would use: cd /home/user/this\ is\ a\ folder/something/
but in a script I cant just add the "" like:
find . -type d | while read FOLDER; do cd $FOLDER; done $ No such file or directory
the problem is, that there would be more "special chars" then spaces, "sed" them all? :D
Thank you
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Michael Casey michaelcasey73@gmail.com wrote:
How can I cd into a dir, when it contains spaces, and I need to use it in a script?
the directory: /home/user/this is a folder/something
normally I would use: cd /home/user/this\ is\ a\ folder/something/
but in a script I cant just add the "" like:
find . -type d | while read FOLDER; do cd $FOLDER; done $ No such file or directory
find . -type d | while read FOLDER; do cd "$FOLDER"; done
should do the trick...
How can I cd into a dir, when it contains spaces, and I need to use it
in a script?
Quote it:
cd "/home/user/this is a folder/whatever"
-Rob
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yeah, SOLVED: :))
clear; find . -type d | while read FOLDERNAME; do $(cd "$FOLDERNAME"); done
Thank you!!
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Rob Hutten