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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:10:42 -0700
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:16:36 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> For example, I might type something like:
>> 
>>     for file in * ; do cp -p $file $file.bak ; done
>
> It’s quite easy to fix that to work with spaces in file names.

I wouldn't call it "quite easy".  Certainly it can be done, and I do it
when I need to.  My point is that there is an advantage in being able to
avoid the extra effort when I know it's not needed.

How would you do it?

>                                                                How long 
> have you been working with *nix shells?

A long time.  I might consider being more specific later.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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