I am new to unix and I am starting to get my head around it slowly. I would like to know how I can create multiple files within an folder in my directory. Untill now I was doing it manually one by one. I was using the following code:
echo 'random text here' > newfile1.txt
I would like to create a script that will do the following:
new file x n
newfile1.txt
newfile2.txt
newfile3.txt
newfilen.txt
I would like to have some dummy text inside the files to. I am learning vim and bash.
Thank You
Here is another possibility:
for i in file{1..3}; do printf "random text\n" > $i; done
zsh also allows the more simpler:
printf "random text\n" > random_text{1..3}
One way:
seq 3 | awk '{print "random text" > "newfile"i++".txt"}' i=1
In place of 3, put the value of n.
#!/bin/bash
for n in `seq 1 10`; do
echo "$3" > $1/$2$n.txt
done
This script takes in 3 command line arguments, the first is the already created folder you want the files created in, the second is the first part of the filename, the third is dummy text you want inserted. :)
./script.sh my_folder basename dummytext
(provided as a bash answer)
A classic for loop would be good.
This is just for fun. (don't use in your script)
yes "foo text"|head -10|awk '{print >"newFile"NR".txt"}'
Sometimes we should use yes command, to show that we don't forget him, or he is gonna be sad. :-)
yes is not going to be sad... @glenn-jackman found a brilliant use for him... stackoverflow.com/a/34556470/2836621 :-)