On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 07:12:32PM +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I need the right syntax to copy file.jpg 100 times with one command so to get > 100 files named file1.jpg, file2.jpg, ..., file100.jpg. > > Can anybody suggest how to achieve that?
c=0; while [ $c -lt 100 ]; do c=$[c + 1]; n='000'$c; cp file.jpg file${n: -3}.jpg; done -- "Never compromise principle, not even on special occasions." --- Robert Bitzer (quoted by Marcia Pearce; quoted in Diane Dreher 1996 _The Tao of Personal Leadership_ pg 221) Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net http://www.niof.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org