scripting problem

[Steve]

Try this, no file needed.

#!/bin/bash
/bin/ls -d1 /home/user/*  |
while read NAMEDIR
do
echo $NAMEDIR
done


Wayne Betts wrote:
> How about a construction like one of these two instead:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /bin/ls -d1 /home/user/* > ls.out
> cat ls.out | while read NAMEDIR
> do
> echo $NAMEDIR
> done
>
> OR
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /bin/ls -d1 /home/user/* > ls.out
> while read NAMEDIR
> do
> echo $NAMEDIR
> done < ls.out
>
> BTW, the Internal Field Separator is set by the "IFS" environment 
> variable.  For instance, "IFS=:" is very useful for parsing passwd or 
> shadow files.
>
> -Wayne
>
> Steven Buehler wrote:
>> I am hoping that someone here can help me with this.  I am running a 
>> little
>> script that backs up some directories for me.  Below is snippet that 
>> gets me
>> into trouble.
>> ---------------------
>> #!/bin/sh
>> DIRSTOBACKUP=`/bin/ls -d1 /home/user/*`
>> for NAMEDIR in ${DIRSTOBACKUP[@]}
>> do
>> echo $NAMEDIR
>> done
>> ---------------------
>>
>> The problem is that some of the directories have spaces in the 
>> names.  When
>> running the for loop, it will take the new NAMEDIR at the space.  So 
>> "Red
>> Hat" would end up listing as 2 directories, "Red" and "Hat".  Any way 
>> around
>> this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Steve
>>
>>   
>

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