a couple questions. don't you need to increment the $counter variable? Don't you need to use the $counter variable to choose just one item from a list of files in the /samples directory?
Cheers, --Christer On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Travis Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >> >> -- >> ----- >> Jonathan Bartels >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep >> this in mind before posting. > > _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting.
