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# 8  
Old 07-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by yazu
Try:
Code:
for val in fileX fileY fileZ
do
  size=`ls -l val | awk '{print $5}'`
  echo "$val=$size"
done

its works good ... thanks for your help Smilie
# 9  
Old 07-25-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by mogabr
its works good ... thanks for your help Smilie
it does not work..must add a `$` to before the val
Code:
size=`ls -l $val | awk '{print $5}'`

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# 10  
Old 07-26-2011
@ygemici
Yes, you are right. It was so simple so I didn't test my script before posting. My mistake.
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