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# 1  
Old 10-11-2010
Displaying list of backup files using for loop
Hi,

I want to display list of last 10 backup files (with numbering) from the temporary file
c:/tmp/tmp_list_bkp.txt

Example :

Code:
1) backup_file1
2) backup_file2
3) backup_file3
........
........

I tried as below but not working.
Code:
for file in c:/tmp/tmp_list_bkp.txt
do
    echo $file
    echo ""
done

How this can be done using shell script ?

With Regards
Last edited by radoulov; 10-11-2010 at 07:14 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 10-11-2010
Your script did not work because the file tmp_list_bkp.txt was not been opened.
try replacing as below..

Code:
for file in $(cat c:/tmp/tmp_list_bkp.txt)

To list the only last 10 files from the file

Code:
for file in $(tail c:/tmp/tmp_list_bkp.txt)

# 3  
Old 10-11-2010
how about:

Code:
cat -n c:/tmp/tmp_list_bkp.txt

or

nl c:/tmp/tmp_list_bkp.txt

# 4  
Old 10-11-2010
Hi,

Issue solved, got the required output.

With Regards
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