Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
the answer is trivial (RTFM, Q14)
http://home.comcast.net/~j.p.h/cus-faq-2.html#14
echo "directories=$directories"
gives
directories=A|Flash\ Player|foo
don't go putting '\' in a filename. Instead stop the shell from doing
filename expansion
# directories=A|Flash Player|foo
# set -f; IFS="|"; for directory in $directories; do echo $directory;
cd $directory; cd -; done
cd's just fine to Flash Player
Joe
But it doesn't handle 'Flash|Player' as a directory name. I don't have
to think through the general solution, but reading this made me want to
point out that you're just trading off the space character as a
potential problem for the pipe character. Generally, that's probably a
pretty good trade, and you could make more esoteric trade offs, (think
of using ^ or ; instead of |, which seem marginally less likely to
appear in filenames), but it's important to be aware that you're not
solving the root problem, you're just conveniently avoiding it.
Aaron S. Joyner
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