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Hi all,
Does anyone know of a way I could make a structure something like:

Folder 1
-100 Files
Folder 2
- 100 Files
*5 Folders.

The content of the files is irrelevant but I really don't want to manually create these files manually. Is there any kind of automation for example which would record you making one and let you pass in 'n' variable and all filename'n'.doc as the name or something?

Thanks

jingx3

If you're using anything but M$ Windoze, open a terminal and try something like:

for i in `seq -w 100`
do
  touch file-$i.doc
done

This will create empty files named file-001.doc, file-002.doc, etc. If you have a file you want to copy 100 times, change the 'touch' line to:

cp template-file.doc file-$i.doc

amen

you can do this in windows as well
open a command prompt
for /L %i IN (1,1,5) DO md myDirectory%i

this will loop starting at 1 in steps creating a directory called myDirectory1, myDirectory2 etc until it gets to 5

to create the files
create some a blank file template and use
for /L % IN (1,1,5) DO copy myFile.txt c:\myDirectory1\myfile%1.txt
this will take myFile create create copies numbered 1 to 5 in myDirectory1

I'm curious why you need this though?

mark renton

amen wrote: »

you can do this in windows as well
open a command prompt
for /L %i IN (1,1,5) DO md myDirectory%i

this will loop starting at 1 in steps creating a directory called myDirectory1, myDirectory2 etc until it gets to 5

to create the files
create some a blank file template and use
for /L % IN (1,1,5) DO copy myFile.txt c:\myDirectory1\myfile%1.txt
this will take myFile create create copies numbered 1 to 5 in myDirectory1

I'm curious why you need this though?

brilliant - isnt it great when a little code does a lot

amen

it is
I'm a lazy programmer the less lines of code I have to write the better

boars.ie

amen wrote: »

it is
I'm a lazy programmer the less lines of code I have to write the better

A lazy programmer means a good programmer.

pts

boars.ie wrote: »

A lazy programmer means a good programmer.

Except if lazy means not commenting and formatting code.

amen

A lazy programmer means a good programmer.

that why I said it although some people just think I mean lazy as it not wanting to work (which would be nice as well)