Steve Youngs wrote:
>
> Hey People
>
> I'm having a problem with a bash shell script that I'm hoping someone
> here can help me with.
>
> The script is supposed to convert ^M to ^J in all the files in a
> directory. The script is invoked with 'scriptname *'. The thing that
> I just can't nut out is how to increment the variable that represents
> the filename.
>
> Here's what I have..
>
> ,----[ Le Script ]
> | #! /bin/bash
> |
> | LOOP_TIMES=$#
> | LOOP=1
> | FILE=$1
> |
> | while [ $LOOP -le $LOOP_TIMES ]; do
> | cat $FILE | tr "\r" "\n" > $FILE
> | somehow increment $FILE from $1 to $2, $3, $4 etc up to $#
> | LOOP=$[ LOOP + 1 ]
> | done
> `----
>
> I know the answer will be something really simple and easy, I just
> can't think of it. :-(
>
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I would like to prefere something like the following script:
#!/bin/sh
for FILE in `ls`
do
echo $FILE
# do here your tr - statement
done
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MfG Alfred Frank, Wien.
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