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07-07-2008

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Handling input from a ls in a script

I'm trying to write a script that will handle the input from the ls command in my script so I can then manipulate the data.

For example, I want to capture the output of the ls command in my script and then do a differences between the filename received in to another directory.
ls | my_diff_script<enter>

In my_diff_script it shows;
echo $*

which the output is blank. Any ideas on how to do this?
Thanks
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for filename in `ls`
do
# call your shell script here and pass $filename as argument
# eg:- diffScript.sh $filename
done

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