Fw: Re: Bash Script Ques

[David A. Bandel]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:15:55 -0400
Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:

> 
> This is elegant, and most likely the cleanest way to approach the
> problem.
>
> On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 19:45:37 -0500
> Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> wrote:

>>Actually a quicker way would be:
>> 
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # Script
>> for file in `ls myfile*`
>>   do
>>        DO SOMTHING HERE
>>   done

Actually, it?s not elegant at all.  If there are no files starting w/
myfile, you?ll get an ugly error message.  That?s not elegant.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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