On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:38:32 +0100, Matthias Bethke wrote: > | $ ls *.jpg | while read f; do echo "$f"; done > | foo bar.jpg > The quotes are useless for "echo" here, but for other commands you'll > usually need them to keep the command form taking filenames with sapaces > as separate arguments.
The quotes are only unnecessary for echo if filenames only contain single spaces, multiple consecutive spaces will be converted to a single space if not quoted. $ echo "Hello there" Hello there $ echo Hello there Hello there -- Neil Bothwick Never get into fights with ugly people because they have nothing to lose.
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