[lug] bash scripting question

[Stephen Queen]

On 11/18/05, Hugh Brown <hugh at math.byu.edu> 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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How about

oldifs=$IFS; IFS="" ; for i in `ls WinXP` ; do command "$i" |
othercommand ; done ; export IFS=$oldifs

Stephen