file/directory names with space in between

[Derek Ragona]

At 06:25 PM 4/14/2008, Simon Gao wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I need to work on some files and directories that have spaces in them like:
>
>interesting story\2008 March\{story one,story two}.
>
>When using find with -exec, part of the file/directory name will be 
>missing and therefore lead to error.
>
>What should I do to put escape key in there to include full names?
>
>Simon

try using double quotes and wild cards where the spaces are, such as:

find / -name "interesting*story\2008*March\{story*one,story*two}"

         -Derek

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.