Hello Patrick, On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 20:24:22 +0100 Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote: > To create a tar file, I used to create a list and to make > tar -cvzf arch.tgz $list > > However, if there are file names with a space, this space is > interpreted as file name separator. > > How can I fix this, > either when I tar, or when I create the list? Somebody suggested that you use --files-from=FILE and --verbatim-files-from, this is IMO the right way. If you really need to use $list, it all depends how you store the file list in it, and how you expand the variable in the command-line. Playing with the IFS env. var. can also help. See: # supposing that "a b" and "c d" exist: $ list=`find . -name "a b" -o -name "c d"` or $ list=`ls -1 "a b" "c d"` $ echo $list a b c d $ echo "$list" a b c d $ tar cvzf arch.tgz "$list" a b c d Isn't what you wanted? Regards, -- wwp https://useplaintext.email/
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