bash oom problem

[Mikkel]

psmith wrote:
> 
> for a in {A..Z}; \
> do for b in {A..Z}; \
> do for c in {A..Z}; \
> do for d in {A..Z}; \
> do for e in {A..Z}; \
> do for f in {A..Z}; \
> do for g in {A..Z}; \
> do for h in {A..Z}; \
> do echo $a$b$c$d$e$f$g$h; \
> done;done;done;done;done;done;done;done; > wl1
> 
> now i've just got to wait for the new hard drives to arrive and also
> work out how to get it to start outputting a different file every 2GB or
> so :-)
> 
> thanks again
> phil
> 
Well, if you are willing to setting for a specific count, instead of
size, you could change the last line to:

done;done;done;done;done;done;done;done; > wl1.$a$b$c$d

or

done;done;done;done;done;done;done;done; > $a$b$c$d.w11

Mikkel
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