-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I use the xargs method as well. Note the -print0, and the -0 params. It works great for any time dealing with special characters Tim Fenn wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 11:29:04AM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >>Another friend has provided me with a simple bash script that performs >>an operation on all the files of a directory. However, many of the >>file names contain spaces. How can I modify the following code to work >>on files with spaces? The directory is on a mounted FAT32 partition. >> > > > xargs, yo! > > find $(pwd) -name "*.mp3" -print0 | xargs -0 eyeD3 --force-update --set-encoding=utf8 > > HTH, > Tim > - -- Michael Yep Development / Technical Operations RemoteLink, Inc. (630) 983-0072 x164 GPG Public Key http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x126439D9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD9MSg0hHqPRJkOdkRApzBAJ9lBCXjjobBPPyASjHZxbYPEHaNBQCeLqGg HJWspX0oyeJ6cHqdOasb/pI= =x1BA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
