List paths with find when the filename contains spaces

Question

I have this code

for i in $(find pwd)
do
    echo $i
done

the problem is if the file name contains spaces, it prints on a separate line

how can I list all of the files in some directory including files that contains spaces

What is wrong with just `find pwd`? – Tom Jun 03 '13 at 16:28 — Tom, Jun 03 '13 at 16:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '13 at 16:20

1

I would use while read for this.

find . | while read i; do echo $i; done;

Edit:
Alternatively, you could just do ls -a1

answered Jun 03 '13 at 16:20

Tom

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '13 at 17:07

This would have the intended effect of your example:

find /path/to/somewhere

That is, no need to wrap a for loop around it.

But I'm guessing you want something more than just echoing. Perhaps call a script for each file? You can do that with:

find /path/to/somewhere -exec path/to/script.sh {} \;

where {} will be replaced for each filename found.

Lukap · Answer 3 · 2013-06-03T16:49:29.500

-1

here is the solution

IFS=$'\n'
    for i in $(pwd)
    do
        echo $i
    done

edited Jun 03 '13 at 16:49

answered Jun 03 '13 at 16:03

Lukap

Why limited to `$7`? It will fail if the path contain more spaces, right? – anishsane Jun 03 '13 at 16:13
1

The `awk` solution is a non-solution, as you are only processing the directory name, not the names of the files contained under the directory. While the `IFS`-based solution works, it only works for file names that don't contain new lines (which are rare, but legal). – chepner Jun 03 '13 at 16:15

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