Oops, I see I have a typo in my one liner, should be: for x in `ls ./samples/*.bla | head -10`; do cp $x ; done
Anyway my point is that one standard unixy way of getting the first x item is using head... Vern On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Vern Ceder <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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.
