Shell Programming and Scripting

f2d

 
abc.txt
bcd.txt
fff.txt
gef.txt

 
for i in $f2d
do
   rm $i
done

# ! /bin/sh

$ echo $f2d
abc.txt bcd.txt fff.txt gef.txt

$ echo "$f2d"
abc.txt
bcd.txt
fff.txt
gef.txt

$ for i in $f2d
do
echo $i
echo "dd"
done

abc.txt
dd
bcd.txt
dd
fff.txt
dd
gef.txt
dd

$ for i in "$f2d"
do
echo $i
echo "dd"
done

abc.txt bcd.txt fff.txt gef.txt
dd

 
for i in $f2d
do 
   echo " Arg is = $i "
done

 
Arg is = abc.txt
bcd.txt
fff.txt
gef.txt

Arg is =

ran:/home/vbe $ echo $0
sh
ran:/home/vbe $ echo "$f2d"
abc.txt
bcd.txt
fff.txt
gef.txt
ran:/home/vbe $ for i in $f2d^Jdo ^J   echo " Arg is = $i "^Jdone
 Arg is = abc.txt 
 Arg is = bcd.txt 
 Arg is = fff.txt 
 Arg is = gef.txt 
ran:/home/vbe $

ran:/home/vbe $ for i in "$f2d"^Jdo ^J   echo " Arg is = $i "^Jdone
 Arg is = abc.txt
bcd.txt
fff.txt
gef.txt

 
f2d=$(find ./ -type d ! -name . -prune -o -mtime +$NUM_DAYS -name '*.dat' )
 
echo "Files to delete =$f2d"

 
Files to delete =./fgh.dat
./ggg.dat
./sss.dat
./test_2

echo $f2d

echo $f2d

 
./fgh.dat
./ggg.dat
./sss.dat
./test_2