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Old 04-20-2019
Action on all files in a folder
How can I do an action to all files in a specific folder?


Do I use ls and a loop or something else? Does ls take folder location?
# 2  
Old 04-20-2019
Answering my own question.



Code:
for file in folder/*; 
do 
echo $file
done

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Old 04-20-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by locoroco
Answering my own question.
Code:
for file in folder/*; 
do 
echo $file
done

Thanks locoroco for sharing the solution here, keep it up, keep learning and keep sharing knowledge here.

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R. Singh
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