BASH scripting

sup
i'm using "read" to get a directory path into an env variable.
shit works well when the path doesn't contain an escape command for whitespaces like here:
/home/durp/pics/test_folder/
this here makes problems:
/home/durp/pics/test\ folder/
"read" simply ignores the escape command, but i need it. how do i circumvent that?

>>39
Medication time gramps. Sit down in your wheelchair or you'll brake a hip again.

INTERNET ARGUMENT time!
>>36
You're wrong!
>>37
Faggot!
>>34
You have no fucking idea, I know better!
>>39
Fuck you!

>>33
see >>29
Quote your shit and keep it quoted. I just tested your program with quotes around var and it worked. Also, use sh like a real man.

>>43
you troll me? shits not working...

I use bash. end thread.

>>44
No. Here is the code (different file path):
[code]
#!/bin/sh
var=$HOME/Documents/temp/theres\'\ a\space/

ls "$var"
ls $HOME/Documents/temp/theres\'\ a\space/
[\code]
Prints out fine.

>>47
Bah. New here. Haven't learned to BBCode. Also a space inbetween "a\" and "space"

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