I guess I would do it a little differently (with backticks): for x in `ls ./samples/*.bla | head -10`; do cp $x (to wherever) done
or as a one liner: for x in `ls ./samples/*.bla | head -10`; don cp $x ; done Cheers, Vern On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Christer Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Vern Ceder [email protected], [email protected] The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW _______________________________________________ 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.
