[olug] Unix Tip: MANIPULATE MULTIPLE FILES

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			Unix Tip 2163 - December  3, 2002

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MANIPULATE MULTIPLE FILES

If you have a directory with 
large number of files and you 
want to rename or copy or 
process it, here is a simple 
way to do it;

# for temp in *
> do
> echo cp $temp $temp.org >> t.txt
> done

You can change the copy command 
to what ever that you need to 
do. This will create a file 
tmp.txt with all the files 
listed in the current working 
directory and insert a line 
into the file tmp.txt as;

cp filename filename.org


This tip generously supported by: tyl at computer.org




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