Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:12:56 +0100 From: "mdff" <nospam@mgedv.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: 'Ronny Hippler' <r11roadster@yahoo.com> Subject: RE: shell scripts and escaped charecters in file names Message-ID: <007101c619c4$a3585f40$0a86a8c0@avalon.lan> In-Reply-To: <43C9FB5A.2050506@yahoo.com>
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<SNIP> > > Hello, > I am trying to get the following script to run with no success. > - ------------------------------------ > #!/bin/csh > foreach file (\*vol\*) > mv $file `basename $file .par2`.PAR2 > echo $file > end > - ------------------------------------ > and get the following error: > usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target > ~ mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory > > I know it is because of the spaces and such in the file names. I have > tried quoting single double and also escaping them but all fails. what > is the magic? Please cc me off list. thanks! > <SNIP> try the following: ls -1|grep '\.par2$'|while read s_line do mv -i "./$s_line" "./`basename $s_line .par2`.PAR2" done; the "./" stuff is for files starting with "-"; br...
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