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Hello,
This is basic (i think). I am trying to run a shell script which would go into each folder (folder names defined in the list) and after entering would run some commands, once done, come out of the folder and continue until the list ends.
Pretty basic and there are bunch of example online.

Here is my code:
Code:
   
1 BENCH="a b c d"
2 
3 for l in "$BENCH"
4 do
5         echo "Going to $l Directory"
6         echo "$l"
7         cd $l
8         make clean
 9         echo "Starting Simulation"
10         make all  # This command takes hours to complete
11         echo "Simulation Done for $l"
12         cd ..
13 
14 done
 15 echo BYE

Now what is happening is, it takes the first on in the list, completes the make and prints out all the list name (in line 11). But does not necessarily continue with the other elements in the list.

What is happening here?

Last edited by Zam_1234; 03-31-2017 at 01:37 PM.. Reason: code edit
 
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