From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-users-return-16776-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@zsh.org>
Received: (qmail 20284 invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2012 12:35:06 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
List-Id: Zsh Users List <zsh-users.zsh.org>
List-Post: <mailto:zsh-users@zsh.org>
List-Help: <mailto:zsh-users-help@zsh.org>
X-Seq: 16776
Received: (qmail 23939 invoked from network); 21 Feb 2012 12:35:05 -0000
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,
	DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,
	T_DKIM_INVALID,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2
Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.google.com designates 74.125.82.43 as permitted sender)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of smblott@gmail.com designates 10.180.8.226 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.8.226;
Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of smblott@gmail.com designates 10.180.8.226 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=smblott@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=smblott@gmail.com
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
        h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version
         :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent;
        bh=stuShOEhdO+G7pc0NEGvQkPwwRsniS7qF4QyfFry8cU=;
        b=DSownrmJMUquKYZxoSKqpptoADDdjEhIVatilgn1WcUR22IQyaNnkEmWGrC2c3Gxs3
         tYNhet9qFpAwRQb4s4ohBs7HZg6sfp3Y9f0iBzLZNRQ8ut29A+AmpMrxIWacgTru9sOL
         /OgDe0N+yYnOGnXT8DEVOrPjunpRJS3Gr35FQ=
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:35:36 +0000
From: Stephen Blott <smblott@gmail.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: somehow offtopic: looping filenames
Message-ID: <20120221123536.GF23815@new.computing.dcu.ie>
References: <20120220181650.GA11514@solfire>
 <120220110530.ZM450@torch.brasslantern.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <120220110530.ZM450@torch.brasslantern.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:05:30AM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Feb 20,  7:16pm, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> }
> } I habe a loop like this:
> } 
> } for fn *
> } do
> }     flac $fn
> } done
> } 
> } Unfortunately, some file have 'illegal' filenames
> } which parts flac sees as unknown commmand options or as
> } two file and the loop fails.
> 
> Try this:
> 
>     for fn *
>     do
> 	flac $fn:a
>     done
> 
> The :a modifier expands $fn into a full path including removing any
> mentions of "./" and "../".  Think of it as a clean "$PWD/$fn".
> 
> If you don't have a recent-enough zsh for :a to be supported or it is
> for some reason important to avoid the full path, try
> 
> 	flac ${${fn:h}-.}/${fn:t}
> 
> If that's still confusing it because e.g. you have SH_WORD_SPLIT turned
> on, wrap the expression in double quotes.
> 
---end quoted text---

Or:

ls | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 -n 1 flac --

If you're using Gnu xargs then you might need the -r/--no-run-if-empty flag
too.

Steve