Issue

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

Solution

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 account since it explains why a result like OP's could be observed.

Answered By - Leonid Usov

Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)

Friday, October 28, 2022

[SOLVED] Loop through files in Mac terminal

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