bash oom problem

[Mikkel]

Mikkel wrote:
> 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
> 
Oops - I was not thinking - change the last line to:
done;done;done;done;done;done;done;done;
and change the echo line to:
do echo $a$b$c$d$e$f$g$h; >> $a$b$c$d.w11 \

Mikkel
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