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Old 11-06-2008
passing multiple files as parameters
hi all
i am etl guy

i have shell script that i use to do processing on file.
the problem is that i want it to use on multiple files at same time
is there any way of passing the file name since my all my filename start with samename like abc*

p,ease let me know
# 2  
Old 11-06-2008
you can use the for i in `ls abc*` command. Try that and post what you have if it doesn't work.
# 3  
Old 11-06-2008
yeah it work but i want to write output of each file into another file as tgt_file

like input of file1 into tgt_file1
like input of file2 into tgt_file2
# 4  
Old 11-06-2008
just to add i need to create outpiut file name on fly
# 5  
Old 11-06-2008
You can create a variable. Then add 1 to the variable and make that part of the output name.

For example

sh-3.2$ count=0
sh-3.2$ for i in `ls file*`
> do
> count=$(($count + 1))
> cat $i > "newfile${count}"
> done
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