Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -g -O2
uname output: Linux x2 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:27:17 EDT 2006 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.2
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release
Description:
I need to process files with spaces in them in a for loop.
I tried using ls --quoting-style=escape but that didn't work
because bash didn't honor the \ escaping for the spaces.
Repeat-By:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /local/download/src/bash-3.2]# for I in a b\ c ; do echo $I ;
done
a
b c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /local/download/src/bash-3.2]# for I in `echo a b\\ c` ; do
echo $I ; done
a
b
c
Fix:
[Description of how to fix the problem. If you don't know a
fix for the problem, don't include this section.]
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