[ale] making duplicate files

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> Where there is Linux, there is a way, right?
> I have a file called 000.php and I want to 998 create files 
> *that have the same content* named 001.php - 999.php.
> 
> How would I do that from the command line?

i=0; while [ $i -lt 999 ]; do
	((i=i+1))
	if [ $i -lt 10 ]; then cp 000.php 00${i}.php; continue; fi
	if [ $i -lt 100 ]; then cp 000.php 0${i}.php; continue; fi
	cp 000.php ${i}.php
done

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