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Old 01-23-2008
Question why is it workin for 1 file , but not for multiple files?
Hi , this peice of code is working for one file but not for multiple files.
Can some one please tell me the reason???

for i in `ls -1 | egrep ''SOM.*` ; do
filename=$(ls -1 $i)
filename=$(print $filename)
if [[ $filename = *'.pat' ]]
then
print "Skipping file $i since it already has a .patextension\n"
else
print "Testing file $i"
last_line=$(tail -1 $i)
last_line=$(print $last_line)
if [[ $last_line = 'FOOTER'* ]]
then
print "Proper end of file detected"
print "Appending $i with .pat extension\n"
mv $i $i.pat
else
print "Proper end of file NOT detected - aborting load....\n"
fi
fi
done

Its appending .pat when only one file is there in the directory,but its failing for other files...
# 2  
Old 01-23-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by somanath Patrud
Hi , this peice of code is working for one file but not for multiple files.
Can some one please tell me the reason???

for i in `ls -1 | egrep ''SOM.*` ; do
filename=$(ls -1 $i)
filename=$(print $filename)
if [[ $filename = *'.pat' ]]
then
print "Skipping file $i since it already has a .patextension\n"
else
print "Testing file $i"
last_line=$(tail -1 $i)
last_line=$(print $last_line)
if [[ $last_line = 'FOOTER'* ]]
then
print "Proper end of file detected"
print "Appending $i with .pat extension\n"
mv $i $i.pat
else
print "Proper end of file NOT detected - aborting load....\n"
fi
fi
done

Its appending .pat when only one file is there in the directory,but its failing for other files...
Sorry, i couldn't figure out.Please tell us what is the problem that you are attempting to solve.

Thanks
Nagarajan G
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