>>>>> Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> writes: >>>>> lina:
>> for i in a b c >> do >> txt2pdf -input i.txt -out i.pdf >> done > You almost nailed it: > for i in a b c ; do > txt2pdf -input ${i}.txt -out ${i}.pdf > done > Instead of listing the files manually, you can use '*' as a wildcard. > But that only works if your filenames don't contain whitespace. Whitespace is not a problem as long as one remembers to double-quote Shell $ubstitutions, like: for i in a b c ; do txt2pdf -input "${i}.txt" -out "${i}.pdf" done > A more robust solution: > find /dir/to/files -type f -print0 | \ > xargs -0 -I§ txt2pdf -input § -out §.pdf find(1) has -exec, which simplifies the above to: find /dir/to/files -type f \ -exec txt2pdf -input {} -out {}.pdf \; > This will produce filenames like "a.txt.pdf", but you get the idea. > xargs hast the additional benefit that you can use multiple cores at > once when using the -P option. >> sorry I can only think of the debian user list to ask now. There's also the news:comp.unix.shell newsgroup, dedicated to the Shell language. I haven't ever tried it, but I guess that using Google Groups [1] shouldn't be much different to using Google Mail. [1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/ -- FSF associate member #7257 2 days left to Software Freedom Day http://sf-day.org/ Event at Altai State University: http://sfd.am-1.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/86ehzhsp1g....@gray.siamics.net