On 01/11/2011 08:46 PM, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:53:33 -0700
Bob Proulx<b...@proulx.com> wrote:
Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
Rob Owens<row...@ptd.net> wrote:
I tried this and it successfully creates myfile.zip:
find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -print | zip myfile -@
But it fails if there are spaces in the path or filename. How can I
make it work with spaces?
I think the best way would be to quote them in the pipe:
find ./ -iname "*.jpg" -printf "'%p'\n" | zip myfile -@
But that fails when the filename contains a quote character.
John's Important File
Using zero terminated strings (zstrings) are best for handling
arbitrary data in filenames.
Real Unix(TM) users never put [^[:ascii:]] characters in file names.
Bob
True. Underscores are _wonderful_ things. But remember, Linux is Not Unix!
Unfortunately for the OP, i don't *think* zip accepts zstrings. Perhaps a
script to just remove all of the non-ascii characters in the filename of all
files in the current directory?
Random tangent, but pascal strings are often more efficient from a programming
standpoint than c-style strings...
I didn't prune anything because I can't figure out where to do it
without losing any semblance of coherence, but anyway:
The comment about real Unixers not using ascii characters: what about
urls? They come from the Unix world, and are
full of underscores and question marks and equal signs. Then there are
emails, all of which require the @ sign. Not
complaining, just asking.
--doug
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