Re: [CentOS] how to do repetetive command in shell

for i in `ls -d /opt` do cp /opt/${i}/test/ /backup/${i} done

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 14:45, Roland RoLaNd r_o_l_a_n_d@hotmail.comwrote:

Dear all,

i'm writing a certain script which does a specific task in a repetitive manner, i'm going to give a similar script with the same concept hope you could advise me to a better way:

USER1="roland" USER2="dany" USER3="kevin"

cp -r /opt/$USER1/test /backup/$USER1 cp -r /opt/$USER2/test /backup/$USER2

such a command would be repeated 832 times (this is just an example) so instead of copying the above line 832 times and appending that user's number in each "$USER"

is there a way to do it in a smarter way ?

thanks,

--Rolad

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