#!/bin/bash
# multi-touch: creates a number of files
# author: Marcel Suter (Ghwalin)
# created: 2019-09-20
 
# create variables with default values
count=5
name="file"
dir="./"
 
# options -h and -i
if [ $1 == "-h" ]
then
  echo "multi-touch: creates a number of files"
  echo "USAGE: mtouch.sh count filename directory"
  exit 0
fi
 
if [ $1 == "-i" ]
then
  set -- ""
  read -p "Anzahl Dateien [4]: " count
  count=${count:=5}
  read -p "Dateiname [file]: " name
  name=${name:file}
  read -p "Ordner [./]: " dir
  dir=${dir:./}
 
else
  # check the parameters
  if [ ! -z $1 ]
  then
    ((count=$1))
  fi
 
  if [ ! -z $2 ]
  then
    name=$2
  fi
 
  if [ ! -z $3 ]
  then
    dir=$3
  fi
fi
 
echo "count=$count"
echo "name=$name"
echo "dir=$dir"
 
# create the files
i=0
cd $dir
while ((i < $count));
do
  #touch "$name$i.txt"
  ((i=i+1))
done

Marcel Suter