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Shell programming: Search a blank
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simple if you want an underscore char:
here is a shellfunction that does the trick.
glob_under() {
_dir=$1
for x in `ls $_dir`
do
if [ -f "$x" ]
then
echo $x | grep _
else
continue
fi
done
}
called like:
glob_under /tmp
Now if you are talking about real whitespace
between name elements: there are file conversion utilities for this: sort the filename data first or use one of these to rename these files.
here is a shellfunction that does the trick.
glob_under() {
_dir=$1
for x in `ls $_dir`
do
if [ -f "$x" ]
then
echo $x | grep _
else
continue
fi
done
}
called like:
glob_under /tmp
Now if you are talking about real whitespace
between name elements: there are file conversion utilities for this: sort the filename data first or use one of these to rename these files.
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