Question

How do you find files whose names contain embedded spaces?
What would the Linux command(s) be?

How do you delete them?
What would the Linux command(s) be?

Answer 1

• Linux command to find files whose names contain embedded spaces:

find has a -exec option, which allows you to specify a command to be executed for each file found. The executed command may also take arguments, any of which may be the string {} which will be replaced by the path of the found file. The command and its arguments are not subject to further expansion of shell patterns, so it's safe for {} to stand in for a file with a space in the name. For example,

$ find ~/Library -name '* *' -exec ls {} \;

• Linux command to delete the file contain spaces:

The following command is required to copy or delete files with spaces in their name, for example:

$ cp "filename" /secure/location/
$ rm "filename"