On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 07:12:32PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> I need the right syntax to copy file.jpg 100 times with one command so to get
> 100 files named file1.jpg, file2.jpg, ..., file100.jpg.
>
> Can anybody suggest how to achieve that?
c=0; while [ $c -lt 100 ]; do c=$[c + 1]; n='000'$c; cp file.jpg file${n:
-3}.jpg; done
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