Here is something strange.
mkdir -p "1/2 3/4" touch 1/2\ 3/4/file.jpg for f in $(find . -type f -name \*jpg); do echo "${f}"; done This returns
./1/2 3/4/file.jpg and not
./1/2 3/4/file.jpg How do I get find for preserve white spaces so the file path is correct?
You can use the -print0 option along with xargs -0. For instance:
find . -type f -name \*.jpg -print0 | xargs -0 echo This would work no matter the content of the file names (even newlines would be handled correctly).
find . -type f -name \*.jpg -exec something {} \+ (note the \+ instead of \;)
xargs -n 1 to have xargs run on one file at a time.It can be done in several ways, but I find it much better to do it this way:
find . -type f -name \*.jpg | while read i ; do echo "Procesing $i..." ; done 
See the difference between:
find . -type f -name \*.jpg -exec echo {} \; and:
find . -type f -name \*.jpg -exec echo \"{}\" \; 