How to write a bash script with a for loop that creates multiple text files with different names

Question

I would like to write a simple bash script that will allow me to create 5 text files called File1, File2, File3, File4 and File5 each populated with the text "F1", "F2", "F3", "F4" and "F5" respectively.

I have tried the script

for i in 1,2,3,4,5; do
echo "F"$i > File$i
done

But this creates one file called File1,2,3,4,5 with the text in it F1,2,3,4,5.

How do I correct this code?

Thank you very much

change 1,2,3,4,5 to 1 2 3 4 5 as it is being read as one string due to the IFS(internal field separator) being default(Whitespace,tab newline). — user3442743
– user3442743, Commented Jun 23, 2014 at 12:57

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-23 12:57:19Z

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Try the below code to Print F1,F2,F3,F4,F5 into five different files File1,File2,File3,File4,File5 seperately.

for i in {1..5}; do echo "F"$i > File$i; done

{1..5} Represents the range from 1 to 5.
do echo "F"$i > File$i creates a file with the name as File$i and prints the value F$i to that file.(i represents the current value ranges from 1 to 5).

edited Jun 23, 2014 at 12:57

answered Jun 23, 2014 at 12:51

Avinash Raj

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