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# 1  
Old 04-21-2015
How to get all the files inside a folder then put the value in a variable?
Hi

here is my code

Code:
for i in `ls *.cmd`
do
	msg
	aaa imp -U$AAAUSER -P$AAAUSERPWD <$i>>$curdir/import_tap.out -Jutf8
done

I can only get all files with .cmd extension. what i need to get are all the files inside the specific folder

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-21-2015
If you really mean all files, try:
Code:
for i in .* *
do
	[ -e "$i" ] || continue
	msg
	aaa imp -U$AAAUSER -P$AAAUSERPWD <$i>>$curdir/import_tap.out -Jutf8
done

If you don't want "." files, drop the .* in the for loop. If you only want regular files (instead of files of any type), change the test from -e to -f.
This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
cmarzan
# 3  
Old 04-22-2015
many thanks to sir don cragun
 
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