Ronny Hippler wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to get the following script to run with no success.
- ------------------------------------
#!/bin/csh
foreach file (\*vol\*)
mv $file `basename $file .par2`.PAR2
echo $file
end
- ------------------------------------
and get the following error:
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target
~ mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
I know it is because of the spaces and such in the file names. I have
tried quoting single double and also escaping them but all fails. what
is the magic? Please cc me off list. thanks!
Hi.
Sorry, dont know the trick for csh -- but for bash there is an env,
which can be used to override word-split whitespaces:
IFS (see bash(1))
The following script should do the trick (i have tested it with some
filenames with spaces in it succesfully):
8<----8<----8<----
#!/bin/sh
IFS="
"
export IFS;
for i in *;
do
mv $i `basename $i .par2`.PAR2;
echo $i;
done;
8<----8<----8<----8<
note how IFS is set to newline
(replace the *-wildchar in the for-line with your fileset)
Hope it helps
greetings,
Mathias
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