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I would like to be able to put the file names in a directory into an
array in bash. I have a script that works as long as there are no
spaces in the file name. When there is a space in a name, each part of
the file name ends up in a separate element.

The script:

   #!/bin/bash
   # List files, ignoring directories.
   ls -1pQ | grep -v '/'
   echo

   # Put the file names in an array.
   declare -a fn
   fn=( `ls -1pQ | grep -v '/'` )

   # Print the number of elements in the array.
   echo 'count='${#fn[*]}
   echo

   # Print all array elements, one per line.
   n=0
   for name in ${fn[@]}
   do
        let "n=$n+1"
        echo $n':' $name
   done
   exit


The terminal output:

   "new file.txt"
   "test"

   count=3

   1: "new
   2: file.txt"
   3: "test"

I would like to be able to do it without creating a temporary disk
file. It is possible to make it work by using sed to replace each
space with some other character, then reversing the substitution
later. However, that seems kind of heavy-handed.

Any other thoughts on how to make this work?