Re: cd to folder with spaces - in a script

[Marcelo Roccasalva <marcelo-centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Michael Casey <michaelcasey73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How can I cd into a dir, when it contains spaces, and I need to use it in a
> script?
>
> the directory:
> /home/user/this is a folder/something
>
> normally I would use:
> cd /home/user/this\ is\ a\ folder/something/
>
> but in a script I cant just add the "\"
> like:
>
> find . -type d | while read FOLDER; do cd $FOLDER; done
> $ No such file or directory

find . -type d | while read FOLDER; do cd "$FOLDER"; done

should do the trick...

-- 
Marcelo

"¿No será acaso que ésta vida moderna está teniendo más de moderna que
de vida?" (Mafalda)
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