sh loop on files

[simanek]

Hi all,

I'm pretty new to doing anything requiring more than one line at a command prompt and was wondering how I would execute a command on all files in a directory using a 'for' loop (or any type of loop, it doesn't matter). Thanks. Mike
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[unix42]

just keep typing.....
the shell will interpret and put you at a second level (PS2)

#>for i in /usr/bin /bin /tmp
#2> do
#2> ls -ald $i
#2> done

unix42

 

[mohand1]

Hello mike,

Do the following

$ for file in `ls -1`
> do
> echo "file is [$file]"
> # do whatever you want to do here
> done

Mohan

 

[KenCunningham]

Or better still, put the above commands in a script and have it available all the time! Cheers.