#set -x #check for file named in 5-digit numbers and increment it - sanity_counter cd /sanity/test/counter ls [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] | while read fn; do id=$fn new=`expr $id + 1` rm $id echo $id #sanity_id if [ $new -eq 100000 ] then touch 10000 else touch $new fi done