File names with spaces in BASH

Question

I\'m trying to write script that\'ll crop and resize large photos into HD Wallpapers.

#! /bin/bash


for i in `ls *.jpg`
do
    width=`identify -format \'%w         


        

Answer 1

I would recommend to write the for-line like this:

for i in *.jpg

and encapsulate $i in double-quotes: "$i".

---

If you insist on the

`ls *.jpg`

style, (if you for instance get your file-names from a more complex command) you could try setting IFS to \n:

IFS='\n'

Compare these two executions:

$ for f in `ls *`; do echo $f; done
hello
world
test

$ IFS='\n'; for f in `ls *`; do echo $f; done
hello world
test