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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Writing a "for" loop Post 302151822 by Great Uncle Kip on Monday 17th of December 2007 01:54:03 PM
Old 12-17-2007
Writing a "for" loop

Hi All.

I'm new to Unix, decided to embrace it finally, and am so impressed.

As part of my learning plan, i've been set this question but i'm a bit stuck as to where to start!

Set a variable called $X to the contents of a directory-
and then using a "for" loop test each component to see if it is a file or a directory.

Print the details i.e.

... is a directory

... is a file

Any advice at all would be hugely appreciated.

Also, any recommendations as to the best books for a complete Unix novice to read to get a good overview of the basics?

Many thanks in anticipation.
 

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