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Find files with spaces in the bash

I want to search for files in a folder which have a space in its filenames, f.e.

/vol1/apache2/application/current/Test 1.pdf
/vol1/apache2/application/current/Test 2.pdf

I know there's a find command but I can't figure out the correct parameters to list all those files.

Solution

  • Use find command with a space between two wildcards. It will match files with single or multiple spaces. "find ." will find all files in current folder and all the sub-folders. "-type f" will only look for files and not folders.

    find . -type f -name "* *"

    EDIT

    To replace the spaces with underscores, try this

    find . -type f -name "* *" | while read file; do mv "$file" ${file// /_}; done