Re: somehow offtopic: looping filenames

[Frank Terbeck <ft@bewatermyfriend.org>]

meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> I habe a loop like this:
>
> for fn *
> do
>     flac $fn
> done
>
> Unfortunately, some file have 'illegal' filenames like
>
>     20120220-_-19db.wav
> or
>     20120220 sensor10 up.wav
>
>
> which parts flac sees as unknown commmand options or as
> two file and the loop fails.

So, you're setting `sh_word_split'? Or are you using another shell?

This should work in every shell:

  for i in ./*; do
      flac "$i"
  done

The ./ makes sure the file name cannot start in a dash, which many
applications would otherwise take as an option name. The "$i" makes sure
the shell sees the variable contents as one word. Zsh does that with
unquoted parameters by default. You'll have to set the `sh_word_split'
option to get a more bourne-shell-like behaviour.

Regards, Frank

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