[lug] bash scripting question

[Kenneth D. Weinert]

for i in *; do
  command "$i"| othercommand
done

On Fri, November 18, 2005 08:45, Hugh Brown wrote:
> I've had this problem a few times and haven't found a quick way to get
> around it.  I often do per file operations at the bash prompt with
> something like this:
>
> for i in `ls`; do
> command $i| othercommand
> done
>
> The problem is that if the files have spaces in them, then things break.
>
> Is there some bash'ism that would allow me to get this to work.
>
>
>
> Hugh
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