Bash globbing files only?

[Steve Friedman]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Jacques B. wrote:

>> >   files=
>> >   for f in *
>> >   do [ -f "$f" ] && files="$files $f"
>> >   done
>> >   ... do stuff with $files ...
>> >
>> > If you've got to deal with filenames with whitespace in them you need
>> > to be trickier.
>
> I like how this works.  But you are right, it does cause a problem for
> filenames with spaces.  As far as cpu time (preceding the command with
> "time" to get same), we are only talking a few 1/100th of a second
> difference with the find command.  The find command is more robust as
> it will properly deal with filenames with spaces.  Not to mention find
> will also yield hidden files (i.e. .file) whereas the above won't.
> All depends on your needs as to which will serve you better.
>

Note, that find also solves another problem:  namely, that if the globbing 
generates a line length beyond the max for bash (in either the for or the 
concatenation), then the script will fail.  This won't happen with find.

Steve Friedman