mjhjmtu

I am writing a bash script to move all images into a central file.

I create the list of image files with:

img_fil='/home/files/img_dump.txt'
locate -i image | grep .jpg > "$img_fil"
locate -i image | grep .jpeg >> "$img_fil"
locate -i image | grep .gif >> "$img_fil"
locate -i image | grep .tif >> "$img_fil"
locate -i image | grep .png >> "$img_fil"

But when I start processing the dump file for this, most of the paths contain blanks so this does not work:

while read -r fline
do
 if [ ! -e "$fline" ]; then
 echo "F=> $fline"
 mv "$fline" "$img_dir"
 else
 fpath="$(dirname $fline)"
 fname="$(basename $fline)"
 echo "F=> $fname P=> $fpath"
 fi 
done

The dirname and basename always parse at the blanks so will not process right.

How do I get this to work?

fpath="$(dirname $fline)"
fname="$(basename $fline)"

Here, you need to quote $fline inside the command substitution. (Outside doesn't matter since it's in an assignment.) So:

fpath=$(dirname -- "$fline")

or

fpath=$fline%/*

(Though note the minor differences between dirname/basename and the parameter expansions, see: dirname and basename vs parameter expansion )

Where are you using $img_fil in your script? Shouldn't the line done be done < "$img_fil"?