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# 1  
Old 05-11-2008
Opening multiple documents at once
I'm trying this:
Code:
$ for n in `ls` ;  do xterm -e vim $n  & ; done
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
$

I want to edit my files all at once, not one at a time. How can I do that?
# 2  
Old 05-11-2008
Simply remove the semicolon from the statement, the & sign serves as a separator:

Code:
for n in * ;  do xterm -e vim "$n"  &   done

It could have been easier if you ran the code from the command line, one line at a time:

Code:
for n in * 
  do 
    xterm -e vim "$n"  &                       # optionally use xterm -hold -e vim ...  if needed.
 done

# 3  
Old 05-12-2008
Oh, it's so simple! Thanks, that works nicely.
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