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Subject: Re: [9front] PATCH walk(1) to (optionally) quote name and path
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Quoth ori@eigenstate.org:
> Quoth unobe@cpan.org:
> > I realized I didn't reply to your question, sorry.  No, not directly.
> > I am trying to consolidate some files spread across different paths to
> > one directory, so first doing:
> > 
> > 	walk -f -eP | grep 'pattern' > /tmp/files_of_interest.txt
> > 
> > Then after reviewing and deleting further, I was going to do something like:
> > 
> > 	clone `{cat /tmp/files_of_interest.txt} /path/
> 
> in this case, rc doesn't evaluate the quotes, it simply splits
> on spaces (or whatever ifs is).

Oy, that's right.

> > Are you thinking I'd do something like set the ifs manually?
> > 
> > 	ifs='
> > '
> > 	clone `{cat /tmp/files_of_interest.txt} /path
> > 
> 
> yes; though I tend to use the inline version, since
> it has fewer warts around nested shell functions.
> 
> 	nl='
> 	'
> 	clone `$nl{cat /tmp/files} /path
> 

+1

Anyway, I'll let this simmer for another few days before consolidating
the two commits and merging as one commit (including fixing the
indentation for the end curly bracket on my last commit).