On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 09:53, Chadley Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 28 September 2004 16:41, Filippos Klironomos wrote: > > > Lets say for example I have a text file with one name on each line and I > > > need to create files based on the names in that file, If I can use a for > > > loop it would be greate, but I don't know how to get each name from the > > > file, > > > > You don't need a script for that. Something simple as: > > > > cat file_with_filenames | xargs touch > > > > will just create those filenames in the file file_with_filenames but > > of course they will have zero size. So you have to be more specific on > > what you want to do with those file names. > OK Maybe I am trying to be too clever in my simplification of the senario, so > maybe this helps: > I have a directory with files in it, I also have a text file with a list of > certian files, I need to mv the files listed in the text files out of the dir > into a new dir which I have created. > Does that make more sense? > > So basically I am after something like this > for i in `each_name_in_file ` ; do > mv $1 /dest/dir > done > > for i in `cat file_with_names` ; do mv $i /dest/dir done should do the trick for all files listed in the file. You may wish to add a -f (force) option to the move command to avoid nasty notes if the file does not exist or if it cannot be moved for some reason. > The bit I can't workout is `each_name_in_file ` > > Thanks > -- > Chadley Wilson > Redhat Certified Technician > Cert Number: 603004708291270 > Pinnacle Micro > Manufacturers of Proline Computers > ==================================== > Exercise freedom, Use LINUX > =====================================
