#!/bin/bash num_of_apps=$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_apps; i++ )) do fname_num=$base_dir/$i fname=$fname_num.txt #echo $fname tail_out=$(tail -n 1 $fname) echo $i:$tail_out done