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mkdir from result of ls

I want to list all folders from /media/movies and create folders with the same name in /tmp/movies
The following snippet works fine for me except for names with spaces, not sure how to quote here

mkdir /tmp/movies
cd /tmp/movies/
ls -1 -d /media/share/*/ | xargs mkdir

In the names are also parentheses ( and ) and single qutes '

Example

You're Next (2011) (tt1853739)

Solution 
  • cd /media/movies
for dir in */
do
  mkdir "/tmp/movies/$dir"
done

    Or on one line:

    cd /media/movies && for dir in */; do mkdir "/tmp/movies/$dir"; done