[Gllug] Script for splitting dirs

[Tethys]

"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:

	isengard:~% filesize "filename with whitespace"
	ls: filename: No such file or directory
	ls: with: No such file or directory
	ls: whitespace: No such file or directory

Tet


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