Hi, now it works, but because of the '*'.
now i want to remove the leading abc from all files in my directory. i tried this: for i in *; do mv $i `echo $i | sed s/abc//`; done but it doesn't do that. i always get the error, that the last arguement must be a directory! I guess, the reason are the white spaces in the names. perhaps the expression `echo $i | sed s/abc//` also have to be set in '' or so, but it doesn't work this way. please help regards, hampel Am Son, 2003-03-16 um 16.20 schrieb Rus Foster: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Kleiner Hampel wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > i have a directory with some files with spaces in the name: > > > > abc 1.mp3 > > abc 2.mp3 > > abc 3 track 2.mp3 > > > > For my shell script i have to begin so: > > > > for i in `ls`; do echo $i; done > > > > Try > > cd /tmp/foo > for i in * ; do echo "$i" ; done > > You need the quotes > > Rgds > > Rus > -- > http://www.65535.net | MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "More bits for your bite" > Lifetime FreeBSD + Linux Hosting and Shell Accounts > Please respect RFC1855 and don't top post -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
