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Re: bash shell question
- To: mjz115 at psu dot edu
- Subject: Re: bash shell question
- From: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:38:50 PST
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
>From: Michael Zawacki <mjz115@psu.edu>
>To: "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" <gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
>Subject: bash shell question
>Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:57:05 -0500
>
>Hi all,
>
> I am trying to write a script that will take a list of executables and
make links to them in a directory. I'm doing this to keep my bash PATH
var. small while enabling me to call most of my programs from the shell.
Anyways, I'm running into problems when the filename include a path with
a space in it, such as "Program Files". I tried putting quotes around
the path but the script still screws up the statement. One way around
this is to use the 8 character length names. Is there a way to force
find and ls to output the small filenames? Or is there another way to
get the script working?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael Zawacki
>
>EXAMPLE FILE:
>
>
>/lotus/smartctr/smartctr.exe
>/lotus/smartctr/suitest.exe
>/lotus/wordpro/wordpro.exe
>/"Program Files"/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/ar.exe
>/"Program Files"/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/as.exe
change to:
/Program\ Files/cygnus/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/as.exe
>
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