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coryjsanders

12-07-2012 10:56 PM

copy file and rename n times in succession

I have this:
#!/bin/bash
#copies named iax modem and saves in ensuing order

cp /etc/iaxmodem/iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX20 /etc/iaxmodem/iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX21

But would like to create the contents of iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX20 n more times and name 22, 23 24, etc

colucix

12-07-2012 11:31 PM

Use a loop:

Code:

for c in {22..28}

do

  cp /etc/iaxmodem/iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX20 /etc/iaxmodem/iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX$c

done

shivaa

12-08-2012 12:06 AM

Or alternatively you can use:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

echo -n "Enter how many times: "; read times

n=20

while [ $n -le $times ]

do

cp  /etc/iaxmodem/iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX /etc/iaxmodem/iaxmodem-cfg.ttyIAX$n

n=$((n+1))

done

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