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erik
erik

Reputation: 1

Why is this not working? Scripting, directories

I am trying out a test script but sadly it's no working.. I am trying to create an x amount of directories based on the users input. I also would like to create a follow number for example if the user inputs the number 5, then 5 individual directories would be created like so; nameofdirectory1, nameofdirectory2 nameofdirectory3 etc.

This is what I have right now;

#!/bin/bash
#Testing1
echo "How many directories do you want"
read INPUT
mkdir -p nameofdirectory{1..$INPUT};

When I execute the script it runs fine but it only makes 1 directory. For example if my input would be 5 then the directory that would be created is: "nameofdirectory1..5" instead of the 5 individual directories I am trying to create. How do I fix this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 45

Answers (2)

erik
erik

Reputation: 1

> Answer by @alaniwi

#!/bin/bash
#Testing
echo "How many directories do you want"
read INPUT
mkdir -p $(seq -f "nameofdirectory%g" 1 $INPUT)

Upvotes: 0

noam
noam

Reputation: 578

The input is being treated as a string, so the creation of a directory with the name nameofdirectory{1..5} is expected.

Try this:

#!/bin/bash
#Testing1
echo "How many directories do you want"
read INPUT

for i in $(seq 1 $INPUT);
do
   mkdir -p nameofdirectory$i;
done;

Upvotes: 1

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