[ale] making duplicate files

hbbs at attbi.com hbbs at attbi.com
Tue May 20 14:03:40 EDT 2003


I am observing this with considerable interest...

What is the significance of the "%03d"?

- Jeff
> 
> If you really want them to all have the same content no matter what:
> 
> 
> perl -e 'link("000.php",sprintf("%03d.php",$_))for 1..999'
> 
> 
> If you need them to be unique, individual files:
> 
> 
> perl -MFile::Copy=cp -e 'cp("000.php",sprintf("%03d.php",$_))for 1..999'
> 
> 
> Or there's always:
> 
> 
> zsh -c 'i=1;while ((i <= 999));do cp 000.php $(sprintf %03d.php $i);done'
> 
> 
> Or even one of:
> 
> 
> ruby -rftools -e '(1..999).each{|i|File.cp"000.php","%03d.php"%i}'
> ruby -e '(1..999).each{|i|File.link"000.php","%03d.php"%i}'
> 
> 
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