How to create multiple files in numbered sequence based on user choice?-CodePudding

So far I have this, where I create the number of folders I want within a chosen folder. The number of folders created is based on my choice.

How do I make files within every one of those folders? I want them to be numbered starting from 1, based on how many files I choose.

read -p "Enter the number of folders to create: " FOLDER_X
read -p "Enter the number of files to create: " FILE_Y

for (( x = 1; x <= FOLDER_X; x   )); do 
mkdir $DIRY/$x

done

for i in {"$FILE_Y"}
do
echo hello > "$i.txt"
done

CodePudding user response：

#!/bin/bash

shopt -s extglob
DIR=/path/to/somewhere

while :; do
    read -p "Enter the number of folders to create: " folders
    read -p "Enter the number of files to create: " files
    [[ $folders,$files ==  ([[:digit:]]), ([[:digit:]]) ]] && break
    echo "Please provide numeric inputs."
done

for (( i = 0; i < folders;   i )); do
    mkdir -p "$DIR/$i" || break

    for (( j = 0; j < files;   j )); do
        echo hello > "$DIR/$i/$j.txt" || break 2
    done
done

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