On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:46:58AM -0500, Stephan Sauerburger wrote: > This is a general shell-scripting question: > > In a for loop which runs through all files, as in: > > for file in `ls` > do > #stuff > done > > How do I have it make sure it iterates file-by-file?
There's one mistake in the above even before looking at the contents of "#stuff", namely that you shouldn't be using ls here. Have a look at this document written by a friend of mine: http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2001/04/shell.html Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
