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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about handling filenames with "illegal" characters...
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:15:24
Message-Id: 20200416211511.vcep3phvfjqty5li@matica
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about handling filenames with "illegal" characters... by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 2020-04-16 12:31, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
2
3 > find -name 'whatever' \
4 > -exec sh -c "
5 > for f in \"\${@}\"; do
6 > do_stuff \"\${f}\" && echo \"\${f}\"
7 > done
8 > " - {} +
9
10 # untested, use at own risk
11 NL='
12 '
13 export NL
14 AWKPROG='{print "do_stuff @" $0 "@ && printf %s @" $0 "@ :$NL:";}'
15 AWKPROG=${AWKPROG//@/"'"} ; AWKPROG=${AWKPROG//:/'"'}
16 find -name "$FOO" | awk "$AWKPROG" | sh
17
18 This should work even if sh is dash - only the AWKPROG translations are
19 bash specific (and they could probably be avoided at the cost of other
20 ugliness, maybe with sed).
21
22 BTW, the only difference between $FOO and ${FOO} is to protect against
23 alphanumerics literally following the occurence of FOO. It has no
24 quoting effect on the _contents_ of $FOO.
25
26 --
27 Ian