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I am trying to write a simple loop that will loop through the files the current directory and just print the file names.
I tried that:
#!/bin/bash FILES=/Users/nick/Desktop/*.jpg for f in $FILES do echo $f done but it didn't work. Running ./script it just printed "/Users/nick/Desktop/*.jpg". No errors
I am running this on a MacBook Pro 10.10.4
Thanks
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The syntax to loop through each file individually in a loop is: create a variable (f for file, for example). Then define the data set you want the variable to cycle through. In this case, cycle through all files in the current directory using the * wildcard character (the * wildcard matches everything).
This fits here: How do I loop through only directories in bash? Solid array under bash, (accepting spaced dirnames): dirs=(/tmp/*/);dirs=("${dirs[@]%/}");dirs=("${dirs[@]#/tmp/}") , then printf "%s\n" "${dirs[@]}" or for dir in "${dirs[@]}" ;do ...
Just press Command-O in your app, navigate to the file, select it, and click Open or press Return. If you want to view a file when you're in an Open dialog, you can select and it press the space bar to view it in Quick Look.
for f in /Users/nick/Desktop/*.jpg; do echo $f; done Edit Actually I think that this comment of @KyleBurton is very clever and should be taken into an account, since it explains why a result like that could be observed.
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Try this, please:
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