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I'm very new to shell script and I'm having issues with archiving files.

I have a folder with .xlsm files and I want those files that passed the retention period. I was able to archive except I'm having issues with those files having spaces with their filename eg. X y z.xlsm. below is my sample code. 

find ${work_dir} -type f -mtime +${retention} | xargs tar -cvf ${Destination}/archive.tar

Any idea how to achieve it? Thanks!

Poshi
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YEH
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  • I assume `+{retention}` was supposed to be `+${retention}`? Also, `Find` should be `find` — as `bash` is not case-insensitive. – Amadan Oct 11 '19 at 07:59
  • Hi thank u for responding yes you are correct just typo error – YEH Oct 11 '19 at 08:01

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Use NUL as delimiter (-print0 for find, and --null for xargs).

find ${work_dir} -type f -mtime +${retention} -print0 | xargs --null tar -cvf ${Destination}/archive.tar
Amadan
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