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It's not necessary to use ls: for i in ./dir1/*

Dennis Williamson
– Dennis Williamson

2010-01-07 12:17:13 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2010 at 12:17
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@Dennis, funky shortcut. +1. I'm so used to doing command substitution though it's automatic and I just use which ever command I need, e.g. sometimes I'm using find. Using ls also lets me play with the the dir listing more, e.g. reverse time based instead of default sequence.

Rob Wells
– Rob Wells

2010-01-07 12:49:59 +00:00
Commented Jan 7, 2010 at 12:49

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