arrays and spaces in file names?

arrays and spaces in file names?

[reckoner]

I want to do something like

% names=(`find . -print`)

and then something like

% for i in names do;...;done

The problem is that some of the filenames have spaces in them and the 
array elements split on these spaces. I read the manpage and can't make 
sense of what to do w/ this.

Help?

Thanks.

Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[Mikael Magnusson]

On 5/24/06, reckoner <sam.reckoner@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to do something like
>
> % names=(`find . -print`)
>
> and then something like
>
> % for i in names do;...;done
>
> The problem is that some of the filenames have spaces in them and the
> array elements split on these spaces. I read the manpage and can't make
> sense of what to do w/ this.
>
> Help?

Try this,
for i in **/*(.); do foo; bar;  done

> Thanks.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[Marc Chantreux]

reckoner a écrit :

> I want to do something like
>
> % names=(`find . -print`)

the result is splitted with IFS. If you want each lines to be an element 
if your array, use (f) flag.

names=(${(f)"$(find  . -print)"})

for f ( $names ) print $f

OT but can help : you don't need find as ** can search files recursively :

names=( **/* ) and names=(${(f)"$(find  . -print)"}) are equivalent

regards
mc

Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[Marc Chantreux]

Mikael Magnusson a écrit :

>
> Try this,
> for i in **/*(.); do foo; bar;  done

not really :

find . -print works like **/*
find . -type f -print works like **/*(.)

regards

Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[Paul Ackersviller]

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 05:10:41PM +0200, Marc Chantreux wrote:
> Mikael Magnusson a ??crit :
> 
> >
> >Try this,
> >for i in **/*(.); do foo; bar;  done
> 
> not really :
> 
> find . -print works like **/*
> find . -type f -print works like **/*(.)

You'll also need to setopt GLOB_DOTS, aka DOT_GLOB, to match what find
will give you, i.e. include files with . on the front of theire names.

Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[Paul Ackersviller]

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:56:58PM +0000, Paul Ackersviller wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 05:10:41PM +0200, Marc Chantreux wrote:
> > Mikael Magnusson a ??crit :
> > 
> > >
> > >Try this,
> > >for i in **/*(.); do foo; bar;  done
> > 
> > not really :
> > 
> > find . -print works like **/*
> > find . -type f -print works like **/*(.)
> 
> You'll also need to setopt GLOB_DOTS, aka DOT_GLOB, to match what find
> will give you, i.e. include files with . on the front of their names.

Or more succinctly (I reply to myself):

find . -type f -print works like **/*(.D)

Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[sam reckoner]

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I need the intermediate step of putting the filenames in an array for other
reasons.

Thanks!



On 5/25/06, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/24/06, reckoner <sam.reckoner@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I want to do something like
> >
> > % names=(`find . -print`)
> >
> > and then something like
> >
> > % for i in names do;...;done
> >
> > The problem is that some of the filenames have spaces in them and the
> > array elements split on these spaces. I read the manpage and can't make
> > sense of what to do w/ this.
> >
> > Help?
>
> Try this,
> for i in **/*(.); do foo; bar;  done
>
> > Thanks.
>
> --
> Mikael Magnusson
>

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Re: arrays and spaces in file names?

[Eric Mangold]

names=( **/*(.) )

-Eric Mangold

On Fri, 26 May 2006 07:32:13 +1000, sam reckoner <sam.reckoner@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I need the intermediate step of putting the filenames in an array for  
> other
> reasons.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> On 5/25/06, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/24/06, reckoner <sam.reckoner@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I want to do something like
>> >
>> > % names=(`find . -print`)
>> >
>> > and then something like
>> >
>> > % for i in names do;...;done
>> >
>> > The problem is that some of the filenames have spaces in them and the
>> > array elements split on these spaces. I read the manpage and can't  
>> make
>> > sense of what to do w/ this.
>> >
>> > Help?
>>
>> Try this,
>> for i in **/*(.); do foo; bar;  done
>>
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Mikael Magnusson
>>