> As posted on Linux Format User Forums: > > Basically I was experimenting in shell script and was trying to create a > useful script that took each file in the current directory (*.sh) and for > each file, create a MD5 hash and save that hash in a file of the same name > as the file (appended with a .md5 extension), so the basic script looked > something like this: > > *Code:* > FILES="*.sh" > for f in $FILES > do > md5sum $f > $f.md5 > done > > > Now, what is annoying is I have just run this at home on ubuntu (debian) > and > it has done the job as expected, however when I ran this on a test box at > work today running CentOS (RedHat) it kept putting ALL the MD5 hashes in > one > file called "*.sh.md5", whereas what I was expecting, and what I got on > Ubuntu, was say I had some files like so: > > *Code:* > shellscript1.sh > shellscript2.sh > > > after I run my script above in the current directory, and then run an "ls" > I > should get: > > *Code:* > shellscript1.sh > shellscript1.sh.md5 > shellscript2.sh > shellscript2.sh.md5 > > > Can anyone explain this deviant behaviour on Red Hat and give any tips > that > would allow the shellscript to work on either platform? > > Oh yes and if the code above is of any use you are welcome to it, and > modify/redistribute as you see fit. It was a test really as I am learning > "loops" at the moment and wondered if I could write a script that works > with > each file in a given folder.
Using "*" gives unpredictable results depending on the context. Better to use the output of a command: LIST=`ls *.sh` Cheers, Malc -- Technical copy-editor & proofreader KDE Proofreading Team KDE British English Translation Team http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FriendlyAtheist GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
