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Re: Question about xargs
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Question about xargs |
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Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:06:41 -0600 |
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According to Vladimir Giszpenc on 4/2/2008 8:08 AM:
| Hello,
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| I was wondering if there was a way to handle spaces in filenames (as an
| enhancement). Newlines supposedly cause problems too, but I don't think
| I have ever seen a file with one. However, spaces in filenames are
| common.
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| Could they be escaped or quoted?
Try find's -print0 action, as well as xargs' -0 option. By using a NUL
terminator rather than space or newline, you can handle arbitrary file
names safely. The manual contains other examples of how to properly
handle problematic file names.
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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