06-11-2013
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
I don't see that it would execute even once, your loop never does anything but declare variables.
At least the "echo" statement should be executed, no?
At first, make shure there are indeed at least 2 files fitting the globbing expression in the PWD. (In case you have overseen it: the "ls" uses no path, so it works in the current directory.)
Second: you should use "tail -n 2" instead of "tail -2".
I hope this helps.
bakunin
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