ye olden bash loops...
#!/bin/bash
counter=0
while [ $counter -lt 10 ]; do
cp ./samples/*.bla
done
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Jonathan Bartels <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a large batch of sample data files that are run through an
> application by copying them to an 'inbox' directory. I would like to
> do something like this:
>
> cp ./samples/*.bla --limit 10
>
> So that only 10 of the sample files are copied instead of the whole
> mess of 10000. It can be any files. I checked the manpage and didn't
> see anything.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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