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# 1  
Old 09-24-2009
Copy 1 file 5000 times and Rename each +1
Hi,

Found lots of stuff that is close but no cigar...

I have a file ie. a.txt, and I want to copy it to another directory 5000 times and call it:
a1.txt
a2.txt
...
a5000.txt

Struggling to put a loop together in this new world of AIX. please include full script for me to understand and learn from.
Thanks in advance
Terry
# 2  
Old 09-24-2009
how about

in bash:

Code:
for i in {1..5000}
do
  echo $i
done

or something like

Code:
i=1
while [ $i -le 5000 ]
do
  echo $i
  i=$((i+1))
done

# 3  
Old 09-24-2009
Code:
for ((i=1;i<=5000;i++)); do
  cp -p a.txt urnewdir/a${i}.txt
done

# 4  
Old 09-24-2009
Code:
n=1
while [ $n -le 5000 ]
do
        cp a.txt ../a$n.txt
        n=$(( n+1 ))
done

../a$n.txt will copy on the parent directory where the script is executed, put whatever you want as a full path for instance.
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