Pass filenames with spaces through xargs.
Linux Commands: Use null delimiters end to end instead of splitting filenames on whitespace.
find files -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -r cat --Expected output EXAMPLE
spaced
Details
Run in Bash on GNU/Linux in a scratch directory. Tested with the GNU utilities supplied by Ubuntu. Use null delimiters end to end instead of splitting filenames on whitespace.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · GNU bash, version 5.2.21(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) · bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3; findutils 4.9.0-5build1
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Unprivileged snippet process, external networking disabled, read-only root filesystem, and a fresh temporary working directory. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
bash -euo pipefail -c <published code>- Container image ID
sha256:32dc2d998158b6554c99b73b533f423696a0f3e31e8cbea9db10b5eee9a2fadd- Code SHA-256
229dd7097a3c330e23781037cffa3b82def292147ae91a6f83249bead66b1af8- Dependencies
- bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3; findutils 4.9.0-5build1
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
mkdir files; printf 'spaced\n' > 'files/a b.txt'
Observed standard output
spaced
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.