Shell script: for loop through file names with spaces

• Use find:

  find . -print0 | while read -d $'\0' f
  do
    cat "$f"
  done
  

• Use IFS:

  #!/bin/bash
  IFS_BAKCUP=$IFS
  
  IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
  
  # $1 is the directory contains the files
  for f in $(ls $1)
  do
    echo "$f"
  done
  
  IFS=$IFS_BACKUP
  

• Use Array:

See also

• Recommend: Bash: for loop file names with spaces
• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9496/looping-through-files-with-spaces-in-the-names