ill have this question on the test maybe :

In dir00 directory create files year01.txt, year02, ...year05.txt with January calendar for 2001-2005 years in it.


-i'm lost. i execute this : cat | cal 01 2001 > year01.txt
but i dont know how to do it recursivly. thank u for helping me

Hello and welcome to LQ!

Does this mean this is on a test you are taking, or homework? If so, no one will help you. You can ask for general advise, but we will not do homework or take tests for you, plain and simple.

As far as your question, what are you trying to perform recursively?

This is not recursion. What do you need is a loop over years from 2001 to 2005. Try to write it down so we can take a look if something goes wrong.

You'll have to keep leap years in account, but all in all, you need a loop to do this, I fully concur with colucix. Also, your program must have a) execute rights and b) write permission to the folder in question.

If it is only january, the thing is simple (I'm at a loss to the purpose: a calendar with ONLY january, but, this is not my homework) you need two nested loops.

Hmm, do I smell the faint oudor of ... homework?
I have to concur with corp769 though, please dont let US do YOUR homework. Homework has been wrongly translated from the "ancient texts" where it meant "an opportunity to learn and grow"...

Good luck

Thor

i got it as soon as i post it, thank you guys haha im excited with linux , i mean i'm in love with linux hehe but i knew it my question was a bit weird cause im a newbie.

Then please post your solution (reciprocity and all that).


No, it's not because you're a new Linux user but because some members sensed this might have been homework.


Now, since you have conveniently neither confirmed or denied it is homework I would like to point you to LQ Rule #11: "Do not expect LQ members to do your homework - you will learn much more by doing it yourself".
There are different ways to do what you want (cat, history, cp, etc, etc) but maybe instead of giving you a fish we should give you a fishing rod:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginne...tml/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

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Well...I should apologise!

Sorry, dude...glad you found the solution, please enlighten the community and share it.

Thor

Uh. I think that's a misunderstanding? No need to.

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Thanks, you brightened my day I felt I had to apologise for assuming I was helping someone out with his homework while he was simply asking for a helping hand...case of jumping tru the wrong loop of my part, I thought.

NP. Contrary to what some members have come to believe (who might have forgotten they once were new Linux users too) is that LQ is a knowledge base for all things Linux. Anyone asking a question, as long as it does not violate any LQ Rules, deserves a reply or answer that contains more than solely "go google for it", "use distribution version X" or "here's a catb link on how to ask questions".

After all we're Linuxquestions.org: you've got the question, we've got the answer.

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well for the answer i did it my way, it was the same i've montioned on the begining i wasn't sure but it still fine # cat | cal 01 2001 > year01.txt ; cat | cal 01 2002 > year02.txt ; ........ 'till: cat | cal 01 2005 > year05.txt [and it wasn't home work ] and for "loop" command i didn't study it yet.

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The maybe makes it anticipatory, but, not homework.

oh many thanks to unSpawn especially for the 3 links ! it will be so useful for me