How to see files which contain space in their names in one row?

Question

When I set a name for a file like "project report.pdf" and list it via a for loop and $@ method, I see the name of the file separately like "project" in one row and "report.pdf" in another row. How can I see this file in one row? I need an output like "project report.pdf" after the code that I mentioned. What should I do?

set $(ls)
for i in $@
do
echo $i;
done

Output of this code:

project
report pdf

[Why *not* parse `ls`?](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/128985/why-not-parse-ls) — Cyrus, Oct 20 '19 at 11:18
And also, use more quotes: `echo "$i"`, and use `"$i"` each time, **with the quotes around** `$i`: for example, `rm "$i"`, **and not** `rm $i`. — gniourf_gniourf, Oct 20 '19 at 11:29

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '19 at 11:50

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The ls is useless You can do this simply with

printf '%s\n' *

More generally, see When to wrap quotes around a shell variable?

answered Oct 20 '19 at 11:50

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How to see files which contain space in their names in one row?

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