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Old 08-16-2010
Loop through folders and open them
Well the title says it all. I need a loop script that directs to a folder and opens a bash file. I just found out about loop files the other day and yeah, dont know if that can be done.
# 2  
Old 08-16-2010
Please describe the question better. What folders do you want to look through, to run what files, to do what?
# 3  
Old 08-16-2010
I want it to direct to a folder and open up a bash file.

/home/snoopy/bash
./blah.sh
Last edited by snoopy817; 08-16-2010 at 04:18 PM..
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Old 08-16-2010
This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
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Old 08-16-2010
I want a loop script, to direct to a certain folder and open a certain file, over and over again. I found out the other day about this loop thing so i really don't know much about it. Is it even possible to do what im trying to do?
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Old 08-16-2010
I don't think your question is crossing the language barrier.

Code:
 # change directory to /home/snoopy/bash
cd /home/snoopy/bash
# run a script inside it many times -- is this what you mean by loop?
while true
do
        ./blah.sh
done

If we could understand what you meant, there's probably a way to make it possible!
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Old 08-16-2010
Ah, yes!! Just like that. Thank you very much. Smilie
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