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bash_notes [2022/04/06 22:23] rajubash_notes [2022/11/08 20:28] – [documentation links] raju
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 ===== tasks ===== ===== tasks =====
-==== list file names within a specific range ==== +==== dummy ==== 
-Q: Given a set of files in a directory: +  * [[list files within a specific range]]
-<code> +
-file1.txt +
-file2.txt +
-... +
-file30.txt +
-... +
-</code> +
-how do I list files in a specific range, say 18 through 31?+
  
-A: +===== dummy ===== 
-<code> +==== useful links ==== 
-ls file{18..31}.txt +  * https://explainshell.com/ - useful for understanding complex shell commands 
-</code>+  * https://mywiki.wooledge.org/ArithmeticExpression - Arithmetic Expansion 
 +  * https://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting - escape characters, color prompts, echo colored strings 
 +  * http://ezprompt.net- Easy bash prompt generator
  
-To run a command on each of them, use a for loop +==== documentation links ==== 
-<code> +  * ignoredups, erasedups - https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-Variables.html search for ignoredups .
-for file in file{18..31}.txt +
-..+
-</code>+
  
-This construct is known as a "sequence expression" and is part of Bash's brace expansion feature. It takes the form ''{x..y[..incr]}'', where x and y are either integers or single characters, and incr, an optional increment, is an integer.+==== what is the difference between "ls > dirlist 2>&1" and "ls 2>&1 > dirlist"? ====
  
-Ref: 
-  * https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Brace-Expansion.html - documentation on Bash's brace expansion feature. 
-  * https://superuser.com/questions/236484/list-files-numbered-in-a-specific-range - where I came across the above solution. It is pretty comprehensive and provides some alternatives solutions. 
- 
-tags | list file names with a range 
- 
-===== dummy ===== 
-==== useful links ==== 
-  * https://mywiki.wooledge.org/ArithmeticExpression - Arithmetic Expansion  
 ===== getopts ===== ===== getopts =====
 ==== useful articles ==== ==== useful articles ====
bash_notes.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/28 08:49 by raju