#!/bin/bash num_of_cores=$1 # Default, if not specified on command-line. #echo num of apps is $num_of_apps base_dir=$2 #echo num is $2 for (( i=0; i<$num_of_cores; i++ )) do fname_num=$base_dir/log_file_$i #fname=$fname_num.txt echo $fname_num echo '' > $fname_num done