Sorry for so many trivial description before. the Q can be simplified as:
mv *.txt *.pdf can it be done * way? all the *.txt in current directory? Thanks, On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:58 PM, lina <lina.lastn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > in some directory it has some files, let's say: > > a.txt b.txt c.txt d.txt > > I want to run a command, suppose it's > > txt2pdf -input a.txt -output a.pdf > > what if I want to do like > > txt2pdf -input *.txt -output *.txt > > I tried in bash, > > use > for i in a b c > do > txt2pdf -input i.txt -out i.pdf > done > > my questions is that how can I read so many files (a, b, c) quickly into > this bash script? > > or are there some tips to do it? > > Thanks very much for any suggestions, > > sorry I can only think of the debian user list to ask now. > > > -- > Best Regards, > > lina > > > -- Best Regards, lina
