Dealing with space in file links using bash [duplicate]

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I got a problem. Here is my bash script to merge videos with subs:



#!/bin/bash 

cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

url0='DW s11e0'
url1='DW s11e'

for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
do
if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
then
mkvmerge -o $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.srt
rm $url0$i.srt
else
mkvmerge -o $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.srt
rm $url1$i.srt
fi
done


File have names like for example "DW s11e05.mkv" and they actually exist in the directory.



And here is a result:



mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e09.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e09.srt': No such file or directory
mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e10.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e10.srt': No such file or directory


As you can see '' before a space doesn't work here. I also tried to use echo, but nothing changed (mb I've used it in a wrong way).



Sorry for my little bit nooby style.










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  • Yes, but there is cli question. It wasn't bash.

    – Patrik Novák
    Jan 2 at 14:37











  • bash is the default shell in Ubuntu. Whether in a script or in an interactive shell, quoting rules are exactly the same.

    – dessert
    Jan 2 at 15:57
















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This question already has an answer here:



  • How do I enter a file or directory with special characters in its name?

    8 answers



I got a problem. Here is my bash script to merge videos with subs:



#!/bin/bash 

cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

url0='DW s11e0'
url1='DW s11e'

for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
do
if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
then
mkvmerge -o $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.srt
rm $url0$i.srt
else
mkvmerge -o $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.srt
rm $url1$i.srt
fi
done


File have names like for example "DW s11e05.mkv" and they actually exist in the directory.



And here is a result:



mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e09.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e09.srt': No such file or directory
mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e10.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e10.srt': No such file or directory


As you can see '' before a space doesn't work here. I also tried to use echo, but nothing changed (mb I've used it in a wrong way).



Sorry for my little bit nooby style.










share|improve this question













marked as duplicate by dessert, karel, Eric Carvalho, wjandrea, Charles Green Jan 3 at 17:13


This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.















  • Yes, but there is cli question. It wasn't bash.

    – Patrik Novák
    Jan 2 at 14:37











  • bash is the default shell in Ubuntu. Whether in a script or in an interactive shell, quoting rules are exactly the same.

    – dessert
    Jan 2 at 15:57














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4








4









This question already has an answer here:



  • How do I enter a file or directory with special characters in its name?

    8 answers



I got a problem. Here is my bash script to merge videos with subs:



#!/bin/bash 

cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

url0='DW s11e0'
url1='DW s11e'

for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
do
if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
then
mkvmerge -o $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.srt
rm $url0$i.srt
else
mkvmerge -o $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.srt
rm $url1$i.srt
fi
done


File have names like for example "DW s11e05.mkv" and they actually exist in the directory.



And here is a result:



mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e09.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e09.srt': No such file or directory
mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e10.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e10.srt': No such file or directory


As you can see '' before a space doesn't work here. I also tried to use echo, but nothing changed (mb I've used it in a wrong way).



Sorry for my little bit nooby style.










share|improve this question















This question already has an answer here:



  • How do I enter a file or directory with special characters in its name?

    8 answers



I got a problem. Here is my bash script to merge videos with subs:



#!/bin/bash 

cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

url0='DW s11e0'
url1='DW s11e'

for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
do
if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
then
mkvmerge -o $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.mkv $url0$i.srt
rm $url0$i.srt
else
mkvmerge -o $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.mkv $url1$i.srt
rm $url1$i.srt
fi
done


File have names like for example "DW s11e05.mkv" and they actually exist in the directory.



And here is a result:



mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e09.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e09.srt': No such file or directory
mkvmerge v8.8.0 ('Wind at my back') 64bit
Error: The file 's11e10.mkv' could not be opened for reading: open file error.
rm: cannot remove 'DW': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 's11e10.srt': No such file or directory


As you can see '' before a space doesn't work here. I also tried to use echo, but nothing changed (mb I've used it in a wrong way).



Sorry for my little bit nooby style.





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  • How do I enter a file or directory with special characters in its name?

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  • Yes, but there is cli question. It wasn't bash.

    – Patrik Novák
    Jan 2 at 14:37











  • bash is the default shell in Ubuntu. Whether in a script or in an interactive shell, quoting rules are exactly the same.

    – dessert
    Jan 2 at 15:57


















  • Yes, but there is cli question. It wasn't bash.

    – Patrik Novák
    Jan 2 at 14:37











  • bash is the default shell in Ubuntu. Whether in a script or in an interactive shell, quoting rules are exactly the same.

    – dessert
    Jan 2 at 15:57

















Yes, but there is cli question. It wasn't bash.

– Patrik Novák
Jan 2 at 14:37





Yes, but there is cli question. It wasn't bash.

– Patrik Novák
Jan 2 at 14:37













bash is the default shell in Ubuntu. Whether in a script or in an interactive shell, quoting rules are exactly the same.

– dessert
Jan 2 at 15:57






bash is the default shell in Ubuntu. Whether in a script or in an interactive shell, quoting rules are exactly the same.

– dessert
Jan 2 at 15:57











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You need to quote your variables. This should do what you want:



#!/bin/bash 

cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

url0='DW s11e0'
url1='DW s11e'

for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
do
if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
then
mkvmerge -o "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.srt" &&
rm "$url0$i.srt"
else
mkvmerge -o "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.srt" &&
rm "$url1$i.srt"
fi
done


Note that I also added a && after each mkvmerge command so the rm only runs if the mkvmerge was successful. You don't want to delete the subtitle file if the merge failed!



That said, although there's absolutely nothing wrong with your approach, I feel you could make it considerable simpler and more elegant using shell globbing instead:



#!/bin/bash 

for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
srtFile=$file//.mkv/.srt
mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$srtFile" && rm "$srtFile"
done


You don't even need a script for this. You can just run it directly in the terminal as a one liner:



for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$file//.mkv/.srt" && rm "$file//.mkv/.srt";
done





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    Quote variables to prevent word-splitting. By the way, double-quotes on a whole string is the preferred style.



    #!/bin/bash

    # Also exit if this fails
    cd "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/" || exit

    url0="DW s11e0"
    url1="DW s11e"

    for (( i=1; i<11; i++ )); do
    # Also why use "not greater-than" when "less-than-or-equal" exists?
    if [ $i -le 9 ]; then
    # Also you can DRY* out this part with variables.
    url="$url0"
    else
    url="$url1"
    fi
    # Also when concatenating variables, it's clearer to use the "$var" style. **
    f_mkv="$url$i.mkv"
    f_srt="$url$i.srt"
    mkvmerge -o "$f_mkv" "$f_mkv" "$f_srt"
    rm "$f_srt"
    done


    Shellcheck is really useful for finding problems like this in shell scripts.



    * DRY = Don't Repeat Yourself



    ** Or you could use printf -v, but it's not a big improvement in this case. For example



    printf -v f_mkv "%s%s.mkv" "$url" $i





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      You need to quote your variables. This should do what you want:



      #!/bin/bash 

      cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

      url0='DW s11e0'
      url1='DW s11e'

      for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
      do
      if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
      then
      mkvmerge -o "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.srt" &&
      rm "$url0$i.srt"
      else
      mkvmerge -o "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.srt" &&
      rm "$url1$i.srt"
      fi
      done


      Note that I also added a && after each mkvmerge command so the rm only runs if the mkvmerge was successful. You don't want to delete the subtitle file if the merge failed!



      That said, although there's absolutely nothing wrong with your approach, I feel you could make it considerable simpler and more elegant using shell globbing instead:



      #!/bin/bash 

      for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
      srtFile=$file//.mkv/.srt
      mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$srtFile" && rm "$srtFile"
      done


      You don't even need a script for this. You can just run it directly in the terminal as a one liner:



      for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
      mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$file//.mkv/.srt" && rm "$file//.mkv/.srt";
      done





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        You need to quote your variables. This should do what you want:



        #!/bin/bash 

        cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

        url0='DW s11e0'
        url1='DW s11e'

        for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
        do
        if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
        then
        mkvmerge -o "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.srt" &&
        rm "$url0$i.srt"
        else
        mkvmerge -o "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.srt" &&
        rm "$url1$i.srt"
        fi
        done


        Note that I also added a && after each mkvmerge command so the rm only runs if the mkvmerge was successful. You don't want to delete the subtitle file if the merge failed!



        That said, although there's absolutely nothing wrong with your approach, I feel you could make it considerable simpler and more elegant using shell globbing instead:



        #!/bin/bash 

        for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
        srtFile=$file//.mkv/.srt
        mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$srtFile" && rm "$srtFile"
        done


        You don't even need a script for this. You can just run it directly in the terminal as a one liner:



        for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
        mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$file//.mkv/.srt" && rm "$file//.mkv/.srt";
        done





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          11







          You need to quote your variables. This should do what you want:



          #!/bin/bash 

          cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

          url0='DW s11e0'
          url1='DW s11e'

          for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
          do
          if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
          then
          mkvmerge -o "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.srt" &&
          rm "$url0$i.srt"
          else
          mkvmerge -o "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.srt" &&
          rm "$url1$i.srt"
          fi
          done


          Note that I also added a && after each mkvmerge command so the rm only runs if the mkvmerge was successful. You don't want to delete the subtitle file if the merge failed!



          That said, although there's absolutely nothing wrong with your approach, I feel you could make it considerable simpler and more elegant using shell globbing instead:



          #!/bin/bash 

          for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
          srtFile=$file//.mkv/.srt
          mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$srtFile" && rm "$srtFile"
          done


          You don't even need a script for this. You can just run it directly in the terminal as a one liner:



          for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
          mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$file//.mkv/.srt" && rm "$file//.mkv/.srt";
          done





          share|improve this answer















          You need to quote your variables. This should do what you want:



          #!/bin/bash 

          cd /media/ptrknvk/'TOSHIBA EXT'/Shows/My/'Doctor Who'/

          url0='DW s11e0'
          url1='DW s11e'

          for(( i=1; i<11; i++ ))
          do
          if ! [ $i -gt 9 ];
          then
          mkvmerge -o "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.mkv" "$url0$i.srt" &&
          rm "$url0$i.srt"
          else
          mkvmerge -o "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.mkv" "$url1$i.srt" &&
          rm "$url1$i.srt"
          fi
          done


          Note that I also added a && after each mkvmerge command so the rm only runs if the mkvmerge was successful. You don't want to delete the subtitle file if the merge failed!



          That said, although there's absolutely nothing wrong with your approach, I feel you could make it considerable simpler and more elegant using shell globbing instead:



          #!/bin/bash 

          for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
          srtFile=$file//.mkv/.srt
          mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$srtFile" && rm "$srtFile"
          done


          You don't even need a script for this. You can just run it directly in the terminal as a one liner:



          for file in "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/"DW*mkv; do
          mkvmerge -o "$file" "$file" "$file//.mkv/.srt" && rm "$file//.mkv/.srt";
          done






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              Quote variables to prevent word-splitting. By the way, double-quotes on a whole string is the preferred style.



              #!/bin/bash

              # Also exit if this fails
              cd "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/" || exit

              url0="DW s11e0"
              url1="DW s11e"

              for (( i=1; i<11; i++ )); do
              # Also why use "not greater-than" when "less-than-or-equal" exists?
              if [ $i -le 9 ]; then
              # Also you can DRY* out this part with variables.
              url="$url0"
              else
              url="$url1"
              fi
              # Also when concatenating variables, it's clearer to use the "$var" style. **
              f_mkv="$url$i.mkv"
              f_srt="$url$i.srt"
              mkvmerge -o "$f_mkv" "$f_mkv" "$f_srt"
              rm "$f_srt"
              done


              Shellcheck is really useful for finding problems like this in shell scripts.



              * DRY = Don't Repeat Yourself



              ** Or you could use printf -v, but it's not a big improvement in this case. For example



              printf -v f_mkv "%s%s.mkv" "$url" $i





              share|improve this answer





























                6














                Quote variables to prevent word-splitting. By the way, double-quotes on a whole string is the preferred style.



                #!/bin/bash

                # Also exit if this fails
                cd "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/" || exit

                url0="DW s11e0"
                url1="DW s11e"

                for (( i=1; i<11; i++ )); do
                # Also why use "not greater-than" when "less-than-or-equal" exists?
                if [ $i -le 9 ]; then
                # Also you can DRY* out this part with variables.
                url="$url0"
                else
                url="$url1"
                fi
                # Also when concatenating variables, it's clearer to use the "$var" style. **
                f_mkv="$url$i.mkv"
                f_srt="$url$i.srt"
                mkvmerge -o "$f_mkv" "$f_mkv" "$f_srt"
                rm "$f_srt"
                done


                Shellcheck is really useful for finding problems like this in shell scripts.



                * DRY = Don't Repeat Yourself



                ** Or you could use printf -v, but it's not a big improvement in this case. For example



                printf -v f_mkv "%s%s.mkv" "$url" $i





                share|improve this answer



























                  6












                  6








                  6







                  Quote variables to prevent word-splitting. By the way, double-quotes on a whole string is the preferred style.



                  #!/bin/bash

                  # Also exit if this fails
                  cd "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/" || exit

                  url0="DW s11e0"
                  url1="DW s11e"

                  for (( i=1; i<11; i++ )); do
                  # Also why use "not greater-than" when "less-than-or-equal" exists?
                  if [ $i -le 9 ]; then
                  # Also you can DRY* out this part with variables.
                  url="$url0"
                  else
                  url="$url1"
                  fi
                  # Also when concatenating variables, it's clearer to use the "$var" style. **
                  f_mkv="$url$i.mkv"
                  f_srt="$url$i.srt"
                  mkvmerge -o "$f_mkv" "$f_mkv" "$f_srt"
                  rm "$f_srt"
                  done


                  Shellcheck is really useful for finding problems like this in shell scripts.



                  * DRY = Don't Repeat Yourself



                  ** Or you could use printf -v, but it's not a big improvement in this case. For example



                  printf -v f_mkv "%s%s.mkv" "$url" $i





                  share|improve this answer















                  Quote variables to prevent word-splitting. By the way, double-quotes on a whole string is the preferred style.



                  #!/bin/bash

                  # Also exit if this fails
                  cd "/media/ptrknvk/TOSHIBA EXT/Shows/My/Doctor Who/" || exit

                  url0="DW s11e0"
                  url1="DW s11e"

                  for (( i=1; i<11; i++ )); do
                  # Also why use "not greater-than" when "less-than-or-equal" exists?
                  if [ $i -le 9 ]; then
                  # Also you can DRY* out this part with variables.
                  url="$url0"
                  else
                  url="$url1"
                  fi
                  # Also when concatenating variables, it's clearer to use the "$var" style. **
                  f_mkv="$url$i.mkv"
                  f_srt="$url$i.srt"
                  mkvmerge -o "$f_mkv" "$f_mkv" "$f_srt"
                  rm "$f_srt"
                  done


                  Shellcheck is really useful for finding problems like this in shell scripts.



                  * DRY = Don't Repeat Yourself



                  ** Or you could use printf -v, but it's not a big improvement in this case. For example



                  printf -v f_mkv "%s%s.mkv" "$url" $i






                  share|improve this answer














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