Unix Programming - Re: Need to break a string "Hello1 Hello2 Hello3 Hello4 ..." into an array

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Re: Need to break a string "Hello1 Hello2 Hello3 Hello4 ..." into an array

Ulrich Eckhardt

2007-07-19, 7:09 pm

Lucky7 wrote:
> I have just started exploring bash. I need to cut the set of words
> into an array of elements.
> e.g.
>
> File_NAME=`find .`
>
> The command returns a string with all the filenames concatenated. Now
> i want to get each of the file separately for processing.

Doesn't work, filenames can contain spaces. Instead look at the '-exec'
option of the find program.

> Also, i don't want to use a for loop. Can you please help me with a
> way to achieve this.

Preferences in loop forms are not a case where personal taste is usually
given much consideration, rather technical merits are deemed important. Why
don't you want a for-loop?

Uli

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