multi-pass script

[ianholmes]

I need to run a process a large number of times.
In /home/runX, I have process X, which accesses a file X.ini.
X.ini contains 3 variables, as follows :

X_date=ccccmm
X_location=aaa
X_type= t

where date will be 200501 thru 200611
location will be aaa, bbb, ccc, or ddd
type will be t, q, or r.

So there will be 23 * 4 * 3 passes
ie 276 passes

Each pass will output a file in directory /home/print
Can someone help me with the script please ?

 

[PHV]

And what have you tried so far ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Annihilannic]

So are you saying that for each of the 276 passes you need to create the X.ini file with the correct parameters, and then run the programme X?

Or do all of the X.ini files already exist somewhere?

Annihilannic.

 

[ianholmes]

Hi Annihilannic
X.ini will contain the 3 variables
So running it manually, I would have to edit it 276 times to cover all the possibilities and then run X

I have got to something like
for date in 200611 200610 etc etc
do
for location in "aaa" "bbb" "ccc" "ddd"
do
for type in "t" "q" "r"
do
????? /home/print/$location_$type
done
done
done

but I don't know the ???? bit

Thanks for your help

 

[Annihilannic]

That's a good start, how about:

[tt]echo X_date=$date > /home/runX/X.ini
echo X_location=$location >> /home/runX/X.ini
echo X_type=$type >> /home/runX/X.ini
/home/runX/X > /home/print/$location_$type[/tt]

Annihilannic.

 

[ianholmes]

Many thanks Annihilannic
Working perfectly !