[CentOS] listing files with spaces, using wildcard
Scott Silva
ssilva at sgvwater.com
Mon Feb 23 17:14:58 UTC 2009
on 2-20-2009 5:24 AM � spake the following:
> You should use double quotes (").
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/muhammad_ali.html
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> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/emma_goldman.html
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> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/michelangelo.html
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> George Burns - "I would go out with women my age, but there are no
> women my age."
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM, bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net
> <mailto:bedouglas at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>
> hey...
>
> here's one i can't see..
>
> goat a bunch of files in different dirs.. the files might have spaces
>
> 1foo_ aa_bb_cc.dog
> 2foo_aa_bbbb_cc.dog
> 3foo_aa_bb _ccc.dog
> 4foo_aa_bb_cc.dog
> 5foo_aa_bb_cc.dog
> 6foo_aa_bb_cc.dog
>
> i'm trying to figure out how i can do a complete list of all files with
> *foo*dog
>
> so i get the files with spaces and underlines...
>
> i thought simply doing somehting like
>
> ls '*foo_*.dog' and surrounding the filename with single quotes would
> work.. but it doesn't.
>
> thoughts/pointers/etc...
>
> thanks
>
>
And posting a footer about the evils of top posting "while" you top post is
priceless!
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