R: pipelines with paths containing spaces

[Marco Atzeri]

--- Lun 31/8/09, David Christensen ha scritto:

> Da: David Christensen 
> Oggetto: pipelines with paths containing spaces
> A: cygwin cygwin.com
> Data: Lunedì 31 agosto 2009, 10:27
> cygwin:
> 
> I am having trouble using pipelines with paths containing
> spaces:
> 
>     2009-08-31 01:16:32 Administrator@p43400e ~
>     $ ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\
> Settings/
>     /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/
> 
>     2009-08-31 01:16:50 Administrator@p43400e ~
>     $ ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/
> | xargs ls
>     ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Documents: No
> such file or directory
>     ls: cannot access and: No such file or
> directory
>     ls: cannot access Settings/: No such file or
> directory
> 
>     2009-08-31 01:16:55 Administrator@p43400e ~
>     $ ls `ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\
> Settings/`
>     ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Documents: No
> such file or directory
>     ls: cannot access and: No such file or
> directory
>     ls: cannot access Settings/: No such file or
> directory
> 
> 
> I tried writing a Perl script to escape spaces, but that
> didn't work.
> 
> 
> I tried writing a Perl script to wrap paths in single
> quotes and escape
> single quotes, but that didn't work.
> 
> 
> I tried searching the mailing list archive, the FAQ, and
> Google
> variations on 'cygwin pipeline spaces', but didn't come up
> with a solid
> hit.
> 
> 
> I installed Cygwin two days ago.  Attached please find
> cygcheck.out.
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> David

not really cygwin specific 

find /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/ -print0 |xargs --null ls

see  "man xargs"

regards
Marco

 





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