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== References ==
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  <li>[http://www.devopsservice.com/bash-brace-expansion-tutorial devopservice tutorial]</li>
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Revision as of 03:35, 15 July 2017

Bash brace expansion "autofills" some commands for you.


Create Multiple files

touch file{1,2,3,4}.txt - Expands to:

 file1.txt
 file2.txt
 file3.txt
 file4.txt


So, we can use a comma to separate the stuff we want to expand. Can we do ranges, I don't want to type all that?

We sure can!!


touch file{1..6}.txt - Expands to:

 file1.txt
 file2.txt
 file3.txt
 file4.txt
 file5.txt
 file6.txt


References