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Hey, Could someone help me write a simple script to: Get the name of each file (with a certain extension) in a folder Make a list of each file I ...
  1. 07-26-2007 #1
    jameshaigh
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    Help writing a simple bash script

    Hey,


    Could someone help me write a simple script to:

    • Get the name of each file (with a certain extension) in a folder
    • Make a list of each file


    I would SO appreciate this. I'm a web developer myself so I understand how while and for loops (for example), work, but when it comes to scripting in other languages I'm pretty clueless...

    Thanks for any help.
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    I can't tell if I'm helping someone with their homework, but here goes.
    Code:
    ls -1 *.txt | xargs cat
    Change the .txt to whatever extension you want.
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