Cmon guys, you are making this over complicated :)
Quoting the filename is the key here.
$ ls -lQ | egrep ^- | awk -F\" '{print $2}'
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regards,
Andre | http://www.varon.ca
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:44 AM, Ludwig Isaac Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I have a script that needs to get a list of regular files only (This means
> excluding
> directories and symbolic links). Usually the line below works:
>
> ls -l | egrep '^-' | awk '{print $9;}'
>
> However the line above will fail for files having filename with
> whitespaces. Any other ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ludwig Lim
>
>
>
>
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