barbara@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agowhy does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squarewhy does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?barbara@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThat will work in either zsh or bash, yes. It’s a good habit to use quotes, but I am pointing out that quoting and expansion behavior is not the same across all shells.
minus-squarebizdelnick@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s the same across all POSIX compliant shells. zsh is not POSIX compliant.
That will work in either zsh or bash, yes. It’s a good habit to use quotes, but I am pointing out that quoting and expansion behavior is not the same across all shells.
It’s the same across all POSIX compliant shells.
zshis not POSIX compliant.