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@@ -1986,13 +1986,15 @@ hyphens.
echo $f|tr -s " " "-"|cut -d - -f 2-
done
-Now we just replace the echo command with a ``mv`` command.
+Now we just replace the echo command with a ``mv`` command. Note that ``Si``
+has to be within quotes as ``mv`` takes it to be 2 different inputs as it has
+space in it.
::
for i in *.mp3
do
- mv $i `echo $f|tr -s " " "-"|cut -d - -f 2-`
+ mv "$i" `echo $f|tr -s " " "-"|cut -d - -f 2-`
done
``while``