[Gllug] Script for splitting dirs

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 03:22:32PM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> 
> "Daniel Andersson" writes:
> 
> >daniel at cj:/usr/bin# more filesize
> >#!/bin/sh
> >#
> ># Print the size of a file, in bytes.
> >#
> >echo -n "`ls -l $1 | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 5 -d ' '`"
> 
> Oh. A perfect example of the perils of incorrect quoting:

And one reason (of many) why Perl would be a more suitable tool in this
case.  You wouldn't even need taint checks on.

-- 
Bruce


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