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Old 11-14-2012
How to create multiple files?
HI,

I would like to create the files as

Code:
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
......
.......
.......
filen.txt

in a single unix command, i dont want to use the loops.

n is user specific

Kindly help me in this.

THank you
Jagadeesh


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Old 11-14-2012
Don't want to use a loop or is the task you have been assigned to, to use no loop?
Code:
touch file{1..10}.txt

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Old 11-14-2012
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