On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 08:08:19PM +1000, 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..
>
>
> I know the answer will be something really simple and easy, I just
> can't think of it. :-(
>
shift. :-) (info bash C-s shift C-s)
also cat $FILE | tr lalal > $FILE
will break. probably you want this:
=============cut=================
#! /bin/bash
LOOP_TIMES=$#
LOOP=1
FILE=$1
TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/tmp.XXXXX)
if [ $? != 0 ]
then
echo "Couldn't get temp file"
exit 1
fi
while [ $LOOP -le $LOOP_TIMES ]; do
cat $FILE | tr "\r" "\n" > $TMPFILE
mv $TMPFILE $FILE
shift
LOOP=$[ LOOP + 1 ]
done
============end=================
have fun,
greg
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