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Re: Bash passing a filename with a space into xargs?

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In message <t27m35$t44$1@dont-email.me> Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/04/2022 11.21, Chris Roberts wrote:
>> How can I get this to recognize a filename with a space?
>> I am manipulating files in my script, but at the portion where I want to do a diff. I cannot get it to work.
>> Would someone out there know of a workaround?  (Besides saying "don't have filenames with spaces in them).  :-)
>> 
>> This is in bash:
>> uno="try this.txt"
>> dos=blah.pdf
>> echo "$uno" "$dos" | xargs -l bash -c 'echo uno:$0 dos:$1' | xargs  	
>> #OUT: uno:try dos:this
>> 
>> echo "$uno" "$dos" | xargs -l bash -c 'echo uno:$0 dos:$1'
>> #OUT: uno:try dos:this
>> 
>> echo uno:"$uno", dos:"$dos"  #this works, but doesn't help in my script.
>> #OUT: uno:try this.txt, dos:blah.pdf

> I can't quite tell what you're trying to do, but single quotes around
> the definition of uno seems to help:


>============================
> #!/bin/bash

> uno='try this.txt'
> dos=blah.pdf

> ls "$uno" "$dos"
>============================


Also, IFS=$'\n' is an option.


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	ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact was
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Bash passing a filename with a space into xargs? Chris Roberts <thecjguy1@gmail.com> - 2022-04-01 09:21 -0700
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