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Old 06-17-2010
input file names to a script
What is a more efficient way to read files into a script? I don't want to hard code the file names like below:

HTML Code:
for file in file1 \
             file2

do
...
done
I want to execute the script with a variable number for files for input like below:

HTML Code:
./scriptname file1 file2 file3 ... and so on

How would I code that?

thanks.
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Old 06-17-2010
Code:
for file in $@

# 3  
Old 06-17-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
for file in $@

You might want to use double-quotes around $@, otherwise any file names with embedded spaces will be split into two in your for loop:

Code:
for file in "$@"

Most Unix file-names do not use embedded spaces, but its always good to have your script ready to handle them. Smilie
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Old 06-17-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by a_programmer
You might want to use double-quotes around $@, otherwise any file names with embedded spaces will be split into two in your for loop:

Code:
for file in "$@"

Most Unix file-names do not use embedded spaces, but its always good to have your script ready to handle them. Smilie
good catch - thanks!
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