Very Computer

For starters it would allow you to perform a function on every
file in a particular directory.

I'm hoping that this can be accomplished handily from within a
shell environment.

ADV thanks ANCE...

: For starters it would allow you to perform a function on every
: file in a particular directory.

In sh(1) (or bash, etc.) you can use a construct resembling:

for i in `ls`
do
  # do whatever you need with the file ($i)
done

Each filename in turn in the directory will stand for $i for
each trip through the for loop above.

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David E. Fox                 Tax              Thanks for lettimg me


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: If i understand you, you want to do something to every file in a directory
: so in your script

: ls > /tmp/myfile
: for i in `cat /tmp/myfile`
: do
: commad you want to do
: done

no need to create an intermediate file and do a UUOC:
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for i in `ls`
do
commad you want to do
done

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  Tad McClellan,      Logistics Specialist (IETMs and SGML guy)

  All I want, is a little more than I'll ever get.

Quote:>If i understand you, you want to do something to every file in a directory
>so in your script

>ls > /tmp/myfile
>for i in `cat /tmp/myfile`
>do
>commad you want to do
>done

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"Goodness me, could this be industrial disease?"  Dire Straits

: I should have been a little clearer in my original post.
: /tmp/myfile should be edited before the for loop is run on it.
: If you don't, there may be a few problems;
:       1. If you are doing something like rm $i, your script will get
:        blown away before all the rest of the files in the directory.
:        I like to be sure I am working on the files I  think I am working
:        on.

:       2. If you have ls aliased or a function in your .profile like;
:               ls()
:               {
:               ls -xFr
:               }
:               your `ls` will not return a single column that can be
:               passed to the for loop.
:       3. Yes, for i in `ls` may work, but after you waste an important
:         file by not checking your list, you may find an extra process
:         is not always a bad thing!:-)
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: Doug
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#!/bin/sh

for i in *
do
if [ $i != $0 ]; then   #or whatever condition you need
your_commands_here
fi
done

   Does it solve the problem?

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