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I have a find result saved in a variable and I am protecting the spaces in filenames by adding a single quotes around the output. So the for loop works flawlessly.



My problem is when I intend to grep one of those files, it says "File does not exist" because is literally taking the single quotes as part of the filename.



How can I overcome this??



all_files=$(find . -type f -printf "'%p")

for file in $all_files
do
grep 'hello' $file ### this says "file.not found because of the single quotes
done








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    I have a find result saved in a variable and I am protecting the spaces in filenames by adding a single quotes around the output. So the for loop works flawlessly.



    My problem is when I intend to grep one of those files, it says "File does not exist" because is literally taking the single quotes as part of the filename.



    How can I overcome this??



    all_files=$(find . -type f -printf "'%p")

    for file in $all_files
    do
    grep 'hello' $file ### this says "file.not found because of the single quotes
    done








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      I have a find result saved in a variable and I am protecting the spaces in filenames by adding a single quotes around the output. So the for loop works flawlessly.



      My problem is when I intend to grep one of those files, it says "File does not exist" because is literally taking the single quotes as part of the filename.



      How can I overcome this??



      all_files=$(find . -type f -printf "'%p")

      for file in $all_files
      do
      grep 'hello' $file ### this says "file.not found because of the single quotes
      done








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      I have a find result saved in a variable and I am protecting the spaces in filenames by adding a single quotes around the output. So the for loop works flawlessly.



      My problem is when I intend to grep one of those files, it says "File does not exist" because is literally taking the single quotes as part of the filename.



      How can I overcome this??



      all_files=$(find . -type f -printf "'%p")

      for file in $all_files
      do
      grep 'hello' $file ### this says "file.not found because of the single quotes
      done






      bash find whitespace





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