cygwin: I am having trouble using pipelines with paths containing spaces:
2009-08-31 01:16:32 administra...@p43400e ~ $ ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/ /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/ 2009-08-31 01:16:50 administra...@p43400e ~ $ ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/ | xargs ls ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Documents: No such file or directory ls: cannot access and: No such file or directory ls: cannot access Settings/: No such file or directory 2009-08-31 01:16:55 administra...@p43400e ~ $ ls `ls -d /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/` ls: cannot access /cygdrive/c/Documents: No such file or directory ls: cannot access and: No such file or directory ls: cannot access Settings/: No such file or directory I tried writing a Perl script to escape spaces, but that didn't work. I tried writing a Perl script to wrap paths in single quotes and escape single quotes, but that didn't work. 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. I installed Cygwin two days ago. Attached please find cygcheck.out. Any suggestions? TIA, David
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