[ale] Keep space separated values sane in a bash "for" loop?

[Christopher Bergeron]

J.D.  - double quoting the output doesn't add any benefit when used in a 
bash for loop.  For example:

for i in `\ls -Q`; do echo "Filename: $i:"; done

Still breaks the filenames up at the space.  I've tried escaping the 
quotes (single and double), so I don't think that's the correct 
solution.  I appreciate your suggestion though, so thank you.

Kind regards,
CB


J. D. wrote:
> If you are using ls you could try looking into the Q option. It 
> double-quotes
> the output.
>
> ls -Q
>
> Best regards,
>
> J. D.
>
> On 4/5/07, *Christopher Bergeron * <christopher at bergeron.com 
> <mailto:christopher at bergeron.com>> wrote:
>
>     Guys, I'm not sure how to word my question appropriately, so I'll
>     try to
>     explain what I'm trying to do in code.
>
>     I have a bash for loop, and when it encounters a value with a
>     space, it
>     splits it into separate entities.  For example:
>
>     With a file list of:
>     /bin
>     /usr
>     /Virtual Machines
>
>     and a code snippet of:
>
>     for i in *; do
>     echo "Filename is: $i"
>     done
>
>     The output is:
>
>     Filename is: bin
>     Filename is: usr
>     Filename is: Virtual
>     Filename is: Machines
>
>     How can I tell bash to keep these values together, so that I get the
>     filenames intact as:
>     Filename is: bin
>     Filename is: usr
>     Filename is: Virtual Machines
>
>     Thanks in advance...
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Chris Bergeron
>     http://chrisbergeron.com
>
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