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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Use file name as an input to a script Post 302800869 by Yoda on Tuesday 30th of April 2013 04:54:19 PM
Old 04-30-2013
Also if you want, put a test to verify if file is a regular file to skip directories or non-regular files:
Code:
for file in *
do
        [ -f "$file" ] && /path/test.sh "$file"
done

 

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