#!/bin/bash DIR=/home/dennis/ubugtu/data/apt for DIST in "$DIR"/*.list; do DIST=${DIST:${#DIR}} DIST=${DIST/.list} mkdir -p "$DIR/apt-file/$DIST" apt-file -l -c "$DIR/apt-file/$DIST" -s "$DIR/$DIST.list" update >/dev/null 2>&1 RET=$? if [ ! $RET ]; then echo "apt-file failed for $DIST!" fi done