To loop through the files in a directory in Unix, you can use a for
loop in a shell script.
Here is an example of a for
loop that loops through the files in the /tmp
directory:
for file in /tmp/* do echo "$file" done
This for
loop will loop through all of the files in the /tmp
directory, and the echo
command will print the name of each file.
You can use any command or series of commands inside the do
and done
blocks to process the files. For example, you can use the cat
command to print the contents of the files, or the mv
command to move the files to a different directory.
You can also use variables inside the for
loop to process the files. For example, you can use the $file
variable to refer to the current file being processed in the loop.
For more information about for
loops and other shell script constructs, you can consult the documentation for your specific Unix or Linux system.