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# 1  
Old 10-01-2010
Question Need tokens in shell script
Hi All,

Im writing a shell script in which I want to get the folder names in one folder to be used in for loop.

I have used:
Code:
packsName=$(cd ~/packs/Acquisitions; ls -l| awk '{print $9}')
echo $packsName
o/p: opt temp user1 user2

ie. Im getting the output as a string.

But I want to use these names inside 'for .. in ' loop.
eg.
Code:
for var in opt temp user1 user2
do 
  statements;
done

Can anybody help me to get this tokenised?

Thanks.


Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags, thank you
Last edited by Franklin52; 10-01-2010 at 07:11 AM..
# 2  
Old 10-01-2010
Have you tried this?
Code:
for var in $packsName
do
  ...
done

# 3  
Old 10-01-2010
or this:
Code:
cd ~/packs/Acquisitions
for var in *
do
  ...
done

# 4  
Old 10-01-2010
Thanks a lot!!

It worked both ways.
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