How to loop over files in directory and change path and add suffix to filename
for file in Data/*.txt
do
for ((i = 0; i < 3; i++))
do
name=${file##*/}
base=${name%.txt}
./MyProgram.exe "$file" Logs/"${base}_Log$i.txt"
done
done
The name=${file##*/}
substitution (shell parameter expansion) removes the leading pathname up to the last /
.
The base=${name%.txt}
substitution removes the trailing .txt
. It's a bit trickier if the extensions can vary.
A couple of notes first: when you use Data/data1.txt
as an argument, should it really be /Data/data1.txt
(with a leading slash)? Also, should the outer loop scan only for .txt files, or all files in /Data? Here's an answer, assuming /Data/data1.txt
and .txt files only:
#!/bin/bash
for filename in /Data/*.txt; do
for ((i=0; i<=3; i++)); do
./MyProgram.exe "$filename" "Logs/$(basename "$filename" .txt)_Log$i.txt"
done
done
Notes:
/Data/*.txt
expands to the paths of the text files in /Data (including the /Data/ part)$( ... )
runs a shell command and inserts its output at that point in the command linebasename somepath .txt
outputs the base part of somepath, with .txt removed from the end (e.g./Data/file.txt
->file
)
If you needed to run MyProgram with Data/file.txt
instead of /Data/file.txt
, use "${filename#/}"
to remove the leading slash. On the other hand, if it's really Data
not /Data
you want to scan, just use for filename in Data/*.txt
.
Sorry for necromancing the thread, but whenever you iterate over files by globbing, it's good practice to avoid the corner case where the glob does not match (which makes the loop variable expand to the (un-matching) glob pattern string itself).
For example:
for filename in Data/*.txt; do
[ -e "$filename" ] || continue
# ... rest of the loop body
done
Reference: Bash Pitfalls