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Asked: 2026-05-19T23:25:56+00:00

In a bash script, I want to iterate over all the directories in the

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In a bash script, I want to iterate over all the directories in the present working directory and do stuff to them. They may contain special symbols, especially whitespace. How can I do that? I have:

for dir in $( ls -l ./)
do
    if [ -d ./"$dir" ]

but this skips my directories with whitespace in their name. Any help is appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Give this a try:

    for dir in */
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