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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:07:01 +0000 (GMT)
From: Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri@yahoo.it>
Subject: R: pipelines with paths containing spaces
To: cygwin@cygwin.com, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
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--- Lun 31/8/09, David Christensen ha scritto:

> Da: David Christensen=20
> Oggetto: pipelines with paths containing spaces
> A: cygwin cygwin.com
> Data: Luned=EC 31 agosto 2009, 10:27
> cygwin:
>=20
> I am having trouble using pipelines with paths containing
> spaces:
>=20
> =A0 =A0 2009-08-31 01:16:32 Administrator@p43400e ~
> =A0 =A0 $ ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\
> Settings/
> =A0 =A0 /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/
>=20
> =A0 =A0 2009-08-31 01:16:50 Administrator@p43400e ~
> =A0 =A0 $ ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/
> | xargs ls
> =A0 =A0 ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Documents: No
> such file or directory
> =A0 =A0 ls: cannot access and: No such file or
> directory
> =A0 =A0 ls: cannot access Settings/: No such file or
> directory
>=20
> =A0 =A0 2009-08-31 01:16:55 Administrator@p43400e ~
> =A0 =A0 $ ls `ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\
> Settings/`
> =A0 =A0 ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Documents: No
> such file or directory
> =A0 =A0 ls: cannot access and: No such file or
> directory
> =A0 =A0 ls: cannot access Settings/: No such file or
> directory
>=20
>=20
> I tried writing a Perl script to escape spaces, but that
> didn't work.
>=20
>=20
> I tried writing a Perl script to wrap paths in single
> quotes and escape
> single quotes, but that didn't work.
>=20
>=20
> I tried searching the mailing list archive, the FAQ, and
> Google
> variations on 'cygwin pipeline spaces', but didn't come up
> with a solid
> hit.
>=20
>=20
> I installed Cygwin two days ago.=A0 Attached please find
> cygcheck.out.
>=20
>=20
> Any suggestions?
>=20
>=20
> TIA,
>=20
> David

not really cygwin specific=20

find /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/ -print0 |xargs --null ls

see  "man xargs"

regards
Marco

=20


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