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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting usr/bin/ls: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long Post 302329510 by kshji on Sunday 28th of June 2009 01:17:06 PM
Old 06-28-2009
No need to use ls in for, because shell file generation can do it. Filegenaration is handled by shell, not by command (*, ?, ...). Maybe number of arguments is not problem for shell. If it's, then you need tmp-file.

This version try to use shell built-in commands = much faster as use external commands like awk, sed, ...

If I understood your needs, here is version N. Works with ksh, bash, posix-sh, ...
Code:
cd /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/
# no need to count number of files, it can be 0, no problem, but we must check it
for gfile in PNT.2*
do
  [ "$gfile" = "PNT.2*" ] && break # no files, break the for loop
  # read 1st line from file
  read gline < $gfile
  # substr without awk help, using shell built-in properties
  x=${gline:58:1} # 1st char index is 0
  # and if you like to run faster then no need in this case to use elif
  # if it's true, do it and continue = skip to the next value
  filename=${gfile:0:28}
  if [ "$x" -eq "0" -o "$x" -eq "1" ]; then
        mv /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/$filename /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/string1/$filename
        continue
  fi
  if [ "$x" -eq "2" -o "$x" -eq "3" ]; then
        mv /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/$filename /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/string2/$filename
        continue
  fi
  # you can write also
  [ "$x" -eq "4" -o "$x" -eq "5" ] && mv /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/$filename /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/string3/$filename && continue
  [ "$x" -eq "6" -o "$x" -eq "7" ] && mv /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/$filename /$ROOTDIR/scp/inbox/string4/$filename && continue
done

In this example maybe case is the most beautiful (my opinion).
Code:
...
   case "$x" in
      0|1) mv ... ;;
      2|3) mv ... ;;
      ...
      *) ;; # default = what is this ?
   esac
...

 

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mhpath(1mh)															       mhpath(1mh)

Name
       mhpath - print full pathnames of MH messages and folders

Syntax
       mhpath [ +foldername ] [ msgs ] [ -help ]

Description
       Use the command to display the full pathname of the specified folder.  If you do not specify a folder, displays the pathname of the current
       folder.

       If you specify a message with its message number, displays the pathname of the specified message.  You can also specify a  number  of  mes-
       sages,  or  a range of messages.  If the top of the range that you specify is greater than the last message in the folder, displays as much
       of the specified range as possible.

       Additionally can take a keyword or a sequence name.  The following keywords are acceptable:

       first	 The first message in the folder.

       last	 The last message in the folder.

       new	 The message after the last message in the folder.  You cannot use new as part of a message range.

       cur	 The current message in the folder.

       prev	 The message before the current message.

       next	 The message after the current message.

       all	 All of the messages in the folder.

Options
       -help	 Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

Examples
       In the following example, displays message 3 in the folder
       % mhpath +inbox 3
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       The following example displays the pathname of messages 2 to 5 in the current folder:
       % mhpath 2-5
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/2
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/3
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/4
       /r/phyl/Mail/inbox/5

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