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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Using nested for loop to iterate over file names Post 302932508 by Don Cragun on Thursday 22nd of January 2015 04:22:59 AM
Old 01-22-2015
Telling us what OS and shell you're using helps us create a solution that will work in your environment.

With a 1993 or later version of ksh or with a recent bash, here are a couple of ways to do what you seem to want:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
files=( AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH III JJJ KKK LLL MMM NNN OOO PPP QQQ)

total=${#files[@]}
echo "Total files in array : $total"

echo 'Using nested for loops...'
fileset=""
for (( i = 0 ; i < total ; i += 5 ))
do	for ((j = 0; j < 5 && (i + j) < total; j++))
	do	fileset="$fileset ${files[i + j]}"
	done
	echo $fileset
	fileset=""
done

echo 'Using array subsets...'
for ((i = 0; i < total; i += 5))
do	fileset="${files[@]:i:5}"
	echo "$fileset"
done

which (with both of those shells) produces the output:
Code:
Total files in array : 17
Using nested for loops...
AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE
FFF GGG HHH III JJJ
KKK LLL MMM NNN OOO
PPP QQQ
Using array subsets...
AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE
FFF GGG HHH III JJJ
KKK LLL MMM NNN OOO
PPP QQQ

 

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advfs_get_fset_quotas

advfs_get_fset_quotas(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  advfs_get_fset_quotas(3)

NAME

       advfs_get_fset_quotas - Obtains fileset quotas for an AdvFS fileset

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/advfs_syscalls.h>

       int advfs_get_fset_quotas(
	       char *domainName,
	       char *filesetName,
	       filesetQuotasT *filesetQuotas );

LIBRARY

       AdvFS Library (libadvfs)

PARAMETERS

       A  pointer to the name of the domain.  A pointer to the name of the fileset.  A pointer to a structure that will contain the fileset quotas
       on successful return from this function.

DESCRIPTION

       This function obtains the fileset quotas for the fileset specified by the domainName and filesetName parameters and  returns  them  in  the
       structure specified in *filesetQuotas.

NOTES

       Note that the advfs_get_fset_quotas function does not obtain: user or group quota information grace time information

       Use the quotactl system call to obtain such data.  See the quotactl(2) reference page for information.

       Clone filesets cannot have fileset quotas.  If you attempt to obtain fileset quotas for a clone fileset, an error occurs.

RETURN VALUES

       The  function  returns  a  value of 0 (zero) on successful completion.  The function returns a value of -1 on failure and sets the value of
       errno to the specific error.

ERRORS

       The function sets errno to the specified errors for the following failure conditions: The calling program is not running with  root  privi-
       leges.	An  I/O  error	occurred  on  one of the disks in the file domain.  The filesetId parameter does not refer to an existing fileset.
       There is not enough memory available for the operation.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: chfsets(8), showfsets(8)

       Functions: quotactl(2), advfs_set_fset_quotas(3)

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