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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:38:32 +0100, Matthias Bethke wrote: |
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> | $ ls *.jpg | while read f; do echo "$f"; done |
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> | foo bar.jpg |
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> The quotes are useless for "echo" here, but for other commands you'll |
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> usually need them to keep the command form taking filenames with sapaces |
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> as separate arguments. |
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The quotes are only unnecessary for echo if filenames only contain single |
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spaces, multiple consecutive spaces will be converted to a single space |
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if not quoted. |
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$ echo "Hello there" |
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Hello there |
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$ echo Hello there |
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Hello there |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Never get into fights with ugly people because they have nothing to lose. |
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