help with for loops and functions

[bdrumright]

I'm trying to create a for loop that uses a function to display the directories in my script. questions can I use variables in this or do i have to display each directory in my loop. I'm using bash here's an example


#!/bin/bash
lsl () { ls -l ; }
for t in /proc/ /home/bdrumright/ /var/log/ /etc/ /bin/
do
lsl $t
done


output only displays the first directory /proc/ five times in succession, which i thought it would display all 5 directories individually

[Franklin52]

Welcome to the forum.

Replace:

lsl () { ls -l ; }

with:

lsl () { ls -l $1 }

Regards

[bdrumright]

I appreciate the help. It looks like this now and works!
#!/bin/bash
lsl () { ls -l $1 ; }
for t in /proc/ /home/bdrumright/ /var/log/ /etc/ /bin/
do
lsl
done

I'll probably be asking alot of questions here, I am a student and I'm hoping for a career in linux. If there is any other places or books I can use to help me plz share..... Thanks again

[Franklin52]

You're welcome. Here you have some useful links:

LinuxCommand.org: Learning the shell.
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginne...tml/index.html
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html

Also to read the posts here, try to solve the problems without seeing the solution, and compare your results with other results. Try to help others here, it's a great challenge and helpful to learn Linux.

Regards