(bash) searching for specific file extensions in a fixed folder not working if the file name has a space

Asked Apr 28 '20 at 06:46

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I am trying to write a script for my own needs, which I will search for only graphic files in a specific folder. Then I will perform a loop with actions on each of these files. I have a problem because when the file name has a space it does not work (without spaces works fine).

for file in "/Users/user1/Documents/some folder"/*.jpg; do

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: for me the solution was move slash at the end of the directory path. I modified a little bit my script and the working version is:

#!/bin/bash

dir="/Users/user1/Documents/some folder/"
fixedDate="07/21/2012" #mm/dd/yy
fileType="*.jpeg"

for file in "$dir"$fileType; do
    echo file:"$file"
    justTime=$(GetFileInfo -d "${file}" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
    echo justtime:$justTime
    newDate="$fixedDate "$justTime
    echo newDate:$newDate
    SetFile -d "$newDate" "${file}"
done

edited Apr 28 '20 at 08:41

asked Apr 28 '20 at 06:46

toma

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Make sure you quote the `$file` variable when you use it inside the loop. – Barmar Apr 28 '20 at 06:47
Wrong slash at the end of the path. Should be: for file in "/Users/user1/Documents/some folder/"*.jpg; do – toma Apr 28 '20 at 07:41
It doesn't matter whether the slash is inside the quotes or not. – Barmar Apr 28 '20 at 07:42
If you want to correct or clarify the question, click the "edit" link, don't put it in comments. – Barmar Apr 28 '20 at 07:43
I'm new here. thanks for the clarification. – toma Apr 28 '20 at 08:34

(bash) searching for specific file extensions in a fixed folder not working if the file name has a space

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