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It is not a question of what I do not like, What I am trying to do is quite elementary in a lot of other languages. I want the written output contained in the summary.txt listed in reverse...

Gents, I am using Yosemite 10.10.5 with Bourne Again Shell. Bash

Say the summary.txt that is written to the desktop has content of:

banana.jpg
pear.jpg
tomato.jpg
apple.jpg
cucumber.png...

I have a unix script that outputs a summary file to the mac desktop.

The file is called summary.txt

I am trying to configure such so that the summary.txt file lists the content contained within...

i run my file using ./script.txt

how do i run the inverse or call the inverse given the code you said is nested in the same script

cheers

I have an interactive script which sorts and processes a variety of filetypes from an unsorted folder into newly created directories.

The script works great, But I was wondering how I could...

encapsulated within the code block, nested. thanks

Thank you.

ls -r certainly works in the terminal in terms of reverse sorting.


However, Can terminal commands be directly nested in a shell script. ??

I have an interactive script which works terrific at processing a folder of unsorted files into new directories.

I am wondering how I could modify my script so that( upon execution) it provides...

Thank you for that steering. that worked lovely. regards

Thank you for the steering, my Mac OS is Yosemite 10.10.5.

That control flow statement you wrote, how would I nest that in the code. appreciated.

I have a script that sorts and processes unsorted files to newly created directories.

Its working great, but I am trying to understand the leanest method to get the script to create an additional...

thanks, i used mkdir -p foldermisc and it worked great.

Rudi, I managed to get it 3 quarters working which is a fantastic start. The folders are created for each of the three files stipulated in the terminal (jpg gif docx) and upon execution of the...

no i am experimenting with the language independently

appreciate the prompt response, how do you mean by reading in your separated list of arguments. my apologies if the question is elementary ( I am first year software student)

I am newish to the site and to unix.


I have a functioning interactive script running on Mac that sorts and processes files located in an unsorted folder on my desktop.

As it currently...

Thank you for the note Don.

In relation to your questions.

What operating system are you using? - OSX Yosemite 10.10.5

What is the name of your script? - My script name is scripts.txt that...

I am new to Unix shell and to this forum.

I am having some trouble executing an interactive shell script that I have written using Mac TextEdit that takes a user input via terminal of a file type...