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# 1  
Old 04-25-2014
Foreach .gz file in a directory -- Not working
Hi,

I am trying to add for loop in my code for all the .gz files in a directory.

example code:

Code:
for i in $PWD/input/*.dz
do
     echo " file is :: $i "
done

This is not working as expectation and the output is :
Code:
 file is :: /home/IB/input/*.dz



However, for i in $PWD/input/* is working fine. But this is not the requirement.
Please suggest

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# 2  
Old 04-25-2014
it will work.

Why you are using $PWD/input/*.dz
Code:
$PWD/input/*.dz

instead of
Code:
$PWD/input/*.gz

# 3  
Old 04-25-2014
that is typing mistake. I am using .gz
# 4  
Old 04-25-2014
What do you have in the variable PWD.
if echo $PWD gives you /home/IB
and still the code is not working, try below
Code:
for i in $(ls $PWD/input/*.gz)
do
  echo "file is :: ${i}"
done

# 5  
Old 04-25-2014
That is a useless use of ls *. If it works at all, it will work without the ls!

Code:
for i in $PWD/input/*.gz
do
  echo "file is :: ${i}"
done

Whenever a statement like that echoes "file is :: path/to/input/*.gz", that means, no files matched your expression, so doublecheck that you're looking where you think you are.
# 6  
Old 04-25-2014
Exactly!!!
It is working for me
Code:
for i in $PWD/input/*.gz
do
echo " file is :: $i "
done

Make sure your present working directory contains directory
Code:
input

in otherway make sure you are running script one directory back from
Code:
input

directory
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