Handling directories with spaces

[awingnut]

I am having a problem handling directories that contain spaces. I guess it is a matter of using quotes properly but I cannot seem to come up with the correct syntax. My first problem is passing such a directory to a script such that it is treated as a single argument rather then individual arguments. For example:

   myscript "/Volumes/USER1/Common/This is a directory"

Instead of $1 containing the entire string, it contains: '/Volumes/USER1/Common/This'. Can someone help me with the syntax for dealing with this? TIA.

 

[feherke]

Hi

That is the correct syntax. The problem must be somewhere else. Give us details, how you try to run that script ?

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[awingnut]

Thanks. I figured it out. I messed up and tried to use the output from 'echo $1' instead of $1 directly. I guess the 'echo' stripped off the '"' and that was the problem. Sorry.

 

[KenCunningham]

Why make life hard for yourself? Don't use spaces in the first place.

When one door closes another one bangs shut too.