[NTLUG:Discuss] What scripting change do I need to make?

[Robert Citek]

Personally, I like using padded numbers as it keeps thing in order.
Here's one way to do what you are looking for:

mkdir -p 20{16..26}/{01..12}/{01..31}
rmdir */{02,04,06,09,10}/31 */02/{29,30}
mkdir -p 20{16,20,24}/02/29

Regards,
- Robert

On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:46 PM, Leroy Tennison
<leroy.tennison at verizon.net> wrote:
> Thanks for asking, the original thinking was concerning building a
> "calendar" tree.  There are (usually compliance-related) situations where
> documents as proof of activities are required daily. Something like 'mkdir
> -p 2016/{Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec}/{`seq -s, 1 31`}'
> would produce a year's structure (and, of course, changing 2016 t0
> {2016,2017,2018} could produce multi-year - that's if `seq ...` would work).
> Granted, you have to remove 31 for five months and 30 along with (usually)
> 29 for February but that's small "retrofit" for a calendar year's worth of
> structured directory creation.
>
> What I've discovered about the problem is that I can get the undesired
> results with 'mkdir -p test/{'1,2,3'}' which leads me to believe that
> possibly the problem is that the `seq ...` substitution is causing mkdir to
> believe it's a string (even though the return of `seq ...` contains no
> quotes).  The same thing happens with $variable.
>
> Yes, I could use progressive 'for ...' loops but I was hoping for something
> simple (it's known as being lazy...).  If only there was a way to tell mkdir
> "this isn't a string!".
>
>
> On 10/05/2015 12:44 AM, Robert Citek wrote:
>>
>> I find your original version using braces more readable. What's your
>> rationale for wanting to use seq?
>>
>> Regards,
>> - Robert
>>
>> On Saturday, October 3, 2015, Leroy Tennison <leroy.tennison at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, that works (had to refresh my printf understanding).
>>>
>>> On 10/03/2015 04:31 AM, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
>>>
>>>> How about...?
>>>>
>>>>       mkdir -p `seq -f "test/%g" 1 3`
>>>>
>>>> Pm
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 12:36:25AM -0500, Leroy Tennison wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Using
>>>>>
>>>>>       mkdir -p test/{1,2,3}
>>>>>
>>>>> creates test/1, test/2 and test/3 as expected.  However
>>>>>
>>>>>       mkdir -p test/{`seq -s, 1 3`}
>>>>>
>>>>> creates test/{1,2,3}
>>>>>
>>>>> What do I need to do to get the "seq" variant to produce the same
>>>>> result
>>>>> as
>>>>> the first command?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>>
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss