Jimmy Wu wrote:
> 1. Just use the shell's globbing - it was meant for this purpose -
> instead of assigning a glob to a variable. Glob expansions can be
> iterated over in loops correctly and safely. Expanded strings are
> much more tricky to get right (if it is even possible) and less safe
> wh
On 2011-07-25 20:07, Bill M wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm piecing together a small script to remove duplicate messages from
> various directories in Icedove. By default the files are stored in a
> directory called 'Local Folders' - with the space - and this seems to be
> creating a problem for bash.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:40, Mark Neyhart
wrote:
> Bill M wrote:
>
>> FILES=/home/bill/.icedove/qjimvr85.default/Mail/Local\
>> Folders/2-Personal.sbd/*
>> # or "/home/bill/.icedove/qjimvr85.default/Mail/Local
>> Folders/2-Personal.sbd/*"
>>
>> for i in $FILES
[...]
>
> This appears to be relate
Bill M wrote:
> FILES=/home/bill/.icedove/qjimvr85.default/Mail/Local\
> Folders/2-Personal.sbd/*
> # or "/home/bill/.icedove/qjimvr85.default/Mail/Local
> Folders/2-Personal.sbd/*"
>
> for i in $FILES
> do
> mv "$i" ""$i".saved"
> formail -D 65536 .msgid.cache -s < ""$i".save
On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:07:11 -0400, Bill M wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm piecing together a small script to remove duplicate messages from
various directories in Icedove. By default the files are stored in a
directory called 'Local Folders' - with the space - and this seems to be
creating a proble
Hi folks,
I'm piecing together a small script to remove duplicate messages from
various directories in Icedove. By default the files are stored in a
directory called 'Local Folders' - with the space - and this seems to be
creating a problem for bash. I can both cd to "Local Folders" and cd to
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