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Old 07-11-2008
how can i increment characters in unix.. ?
hi..

i am having some 3 files : ka, kb, kc

i want to use these set of files in my script... how can i do that ?
like first it should process "ka" .. then "kb".. then "kc" ...

thanks,

Krips.
# 2  
Old 07-11-2008
try for loop

example u can get by googling
# 3  
Old 07-11-2008
It depends on what you need to do with these files..

Example:

Code:
for i in `ls /your/path/k*`
do
echo "This is your file"
echo "Insert commands depending on what you need to do with fies"
done

# 4  
Old 07-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by nua7
Code:
for i in `ls /your/path/k*`
do...

Code:
for i in /yourpath/k*

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