Very Computer

Hi,

I want to read the list line by line and then want to compare these line
with filenames in the directory. When I use FOR loop it does it, but I am
not able to get the required result.

e.g.

linelist="          ###need to find files with these names in dir1 e.g.
file1=aaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbb
cccccccccc"

### dir1 consists of only two files called first, third
for lines in $linelist ; do

done

# I tried several combinations, so may the code above may not be completely
correct in syntax at this moment.

The output (foundfiles) from this is:
aaaaaaaaaa
cccccccccc

But, I want:
aaaaaaaaaa
            ### leaving this line blank because "bbbbbbbbbb" file was not
present in the directory
cccccccccc

Many thanks for your help

for lines in $linelist; do

  if [ $count -gt 0 ]
  then echo $lines
  else echo ''
  fi
done > foundfiles

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