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Tip #193   Make multiple files or directories

Save time when making multiple files or directories (or performing any command requiring a list) where the file names only slightly differ. 

$ ls
$ touch tst{1,2,3,4,5}.txt
$ ls
tst1.txt        tst2.txt        tst3.txt        tst4.txt        tst5.txt
$ mkdir dir{1,2,3}
$ ls
dir1       dir2       dir3       tst1.txt   tst2.txt   tst3.txt   tst4.txt   tst5.txt

 
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