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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Simply bash script Post 302794383 by scribling on Monday 15th of April 2013 09:19:39 PM
Old 04-15-2013
Simply bash script

I have a bash script that has 13 variables and runs commands on them.
I've copied the commands 13 times but I'd like to simplify it to simply add 1 to the previous and run 13 times.

The variables are
dir01=/path/to/dir01
dir01=/path/to/dir02
... up to 13. (more may be added later)

Code:
...
# executable stuff
mkdir "$dir01/".LogFiles
cp -R "$dir01"/*.aep\ Logs "$dir01"/.LogFiles/
rm -Rf "$dir01"/*.aep\ Logs "$dir01"/*.log 
 echo 01

mkdir "$dir02/".LogFiles 
cp -R "$dir02"/*.aep\ Logs "$dir02"/.LogFiles/
rm -Rf "$dir02"/*.aep\ Logs "$dir02"/*.log 
 echo 02

# repeated 13 times for each dir.

I'd like to simplify it to something like this:
Code:
n=1 # Amount to add each time
num=00 # Base number to start with


while [ x = 0 ]
do
    workon=$dir(($num += $n))
    mkdir "$workon/".LogFiles 
    cp -R "$workon"/*.aep\ Logs "$workon"/.LogFiles/
    rm -Rf "$workon"/*.aep\ Logs "$workon"/*.log 
    echo "$workon"
    x=1
done

I don't know how to get it to stop when it's done 13 or whatever number of variables I have.

BTW I'm using cp and rm because mv won't clobber a directory.
These are render log files that are annoying and mostly useless so I don't mind overwriting files.

Any help with this code is very much appreciated.
 

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RBASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  RBASH(1)

NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1) RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow- ing are disallowed or not performed: o changing directories with cd o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV o specifying command names containing / o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted. These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read. When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script. SEE ALSO
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