Loop with files coming through sorted by name

[tolugboji]

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

On Monday, October 18th, 2021 at 10:59 PM, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> 
wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 05:32:42PM -0400, Daniel Mills wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 10:10 PM tolugboji tolugboji@protonmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > nf=$( echo "$fnam" | awk -F '-' '{print NF}')
> > >
> > > ifld=$(( nf + 1 ))
> >
> > if you're using NF like this, you don't want to add 1, you're ending up
> >
> > with a value that's too high. I wouldn't get awk involved here, just do
> >
> > nf=${fname//[!-]}; ifld=$((${#nf}+1)). Much faster.

> The excessive use of awk is a side effect of xmb being the primary
> source of advice in this thread. Very few other people are willing
> to give the OP any assistance at this point, because of the past year's
> history with them.

Still does not change the fact you are full of shit greg.  There is only one 
person
in the world that decides what code I shall use,  And that's me.  Shitty 
american
fuckface.