Question

Is it possible too have a manifest file with directory strings, fx.

#css

SomeDIR/crap0.css
SomeDIR/crap1.css
SomeDIR/crap2.css

#js

SomeDIR/crap0.js
SomeDIR/crap1.js
SomeDIR/crap2.js 

Lets call this file list.mf

then i have a bash code where i want too use the directory structure defined in list.mf

could be

cat %first entry in list.mf% > crap.txt
cat %second entr in list.mf% >> crap.txt

hoping for you’re help, ask further questions if you don’t understand my question :=)

/Mathias

Answer 1

What you are trying to do can be done with a for loop or a simple find, e.g.:

for f in */*css ; do
    cat $f >> OUTPUT.file
done
# SAME
find Somedir/ -iname '*.css' -exec cat \{\} >> OUTPUT.file \;

But if you want to use a config (manifest) file, you can source it in your script, but that way you must use proper (bash) syntax in the config as well e.g. the file list should be in an array, etc, like this “manifest.file” file contents:

#css
export cssfiles=('SomeDIR/crap0.css' 'SomeDIR/crap1.css' 'SomeDIR/crap2.css')
#js
export jsfiles=('SomeDIR/crap0.js' 'SomeDIR/crap1.js' 'SomeDIR/crap2.js'

And in your script:

source /whatever/path/to/manifest.file
# ... then process those variables  
for elem in  ${cssfiles[*]} ; do
    cat $elem >> OUTPUTFILE
done
# and
for elem in  ${jsfiles[*]} ; do
    cat $elem >> ANOTHER_OUTPUTFILE
done

If you need that specific format for your manifest file you can still write some awk||sed||grep scripts to extract the proper lists.

HTH