IFS= InternalFieldSeperator. The value of $IFS is used by the script to seperate values from eachother.
See the difference if you use a colon
[code]
IFS=:
var=":a::b:c:::" # Same as above, but substitute ":" for " ".
output_args_one_per_line $var
#
# []
# [a]
# []
# [b]
# [c]
# []
# []
# []
You can temporarily change the value of the the IFS variable so that this doesn't happen.
[code]
ifs=$IFS
IFS='\
'
for NAMEDIR in ${DIRSTOBACKUP[@]}
do
echo $NAMEDIR
done
IFS=$ifs
Roderick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Buehler" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 28 January 2008 22:23:04 o'clock (GMT+0100) Europe/Berlin
Subject: RE: scripting problem
How do you do that? Never heard of that before.
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Serge Dubrouski
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:13 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: scripting problem
>
> One way would be to set IFS (Internal Field Separator) to CR before
> your loop and restore it after it.
>
> On Jan 28, 2008 2:00 PM, Aaron Bliss <abliss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Steve,
> > The easiest way to work around the space problem is to just use tar
> to
> > backup the home directory.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > Steven Buehler wrote:
> > > I am hoping that someone here can help me with this. I am running
> a little
> > > script that backs up some directories for me. Below is snippet
> that gets me
> > > into trouble.
> > > ---------------------
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > DIRSTOBACKUP=`/bin/ls -d1 /home/user/*`
> > > for NAMEDIR in ${DIRSTOBACKUP[@]}
> > > do
> > > echo $NAMEDIR
> > > done
> > > ---------------------
> > >
> > > The problem is that some of the directories have spaces in the
> names. When
> > > running the for loop, it will take the new NAMEDIR at the space.
> So "Red
> > > Hat" would end up listing as 2 directories, "Red" and "Hat". Any
> way around
> > > this?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Bliss
> > Systems Administrator
> > SUNY Brockport
> > (585) 395-2417
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