how to read a file name that icludes spaces

reno_queen

I want the user to choose the file named "main folder" but if i just use read foldername ls $foldername it just reads the words "main" and "folder" separately (basically executing ls main instead of ls "main folder" how can i make so it includes spaces ? I have tried read -r foldername but no luck

Originally asked by Antonis Alzeer on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Did you mean: Print the file out to the command line? If yes: Use cat "filename with spaces.txt" or cat filename\ with\ spaces.txt .

Full answer by 1F616EMO: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/1380361 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Need it done for your business? UphillTech.