Comments on: Loop over a set of files from the shell http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/166/loop-over-a-set-of-files-from-the-shell/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: guest http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/166/loop-over-a-set-of-files-from-the-shell/comment-page-1/#comment-222 guest Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:41:37 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-222 Possibly a bit pedantic, but to save system time (especially if using multiple times in a script) you may be better to do the following for the last part... cat `ls -tr *.log` >biglog The cat is designed to be able to put two or more files together. By doing it this way, you don't need to worry about the existence or contents of biglog as you will overwrite it with the > rather than using apend to >> Possibly a bit pedantic, but to save system time (especially if using multiple times in a script) you may be better to do the following for the last part…

cat `ls -tr *.log` >biglog

The cat is designed to be able to put two or more files together.

By doing it this way, you don’t need to worry about the existence or contents of biglog as you will overwrite it with the > rather than using apend to >>

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