On 9/16/07, Skunk Worx <skunkworx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Ward wrote: > >> But pretending ctime is creation time, which may be close enough for > >> your purposes: > > You're right ctim eis not creation but is close enough for my script > > > >> find /myth/recordings/ -maxdepth 1 -name \*.mpg -ctime -1 ! -mtime -1 -print > > I did not know you could use the ! that saves one line of code ;o) > > > > My script so far looks like this,can someone help me on one issue. > > > > If a file name has a space then the script goes wrong as it interprets > > each word as a file, I thought that putting the variable into quotes > > would fix this but it did not, what is the answer please. > > > > for i in `find /myth/recordings/ -maxdepth 1 -name \*.mpg -ctime -1 ! > > -mmin -1 -print` > > do > > /usr/bin/mencoder "$i" -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts > > bitrate=800 -o $TMP/tmp.mpg > $TPM/enc_errors 2>&1 && cp -fv > > $TMP/tmp.mpg "$i" > > done > > > > Thanks > > > > Change IFS to nothing (<cr>) before the call to 'for in find...' > > e.g; > > IFS= > for i in `find... > > --- > John > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > You beat me to it. Use the following in your script ORIGINAL_IFS=$IFS #save default individual field separator IFS=$'012' # set individual field separator to ASCII hex character 12, being newline. By setting the individual field separator to newline, it looks for a new line for the next field. This allows files with spaces to work properly. At the end of the script you put IFS=$ORIGINAL to restore the IFS to what it was when the script started. Jacques B.
