rm -f test_latest test_results touch test_results for (( ago=100; ago>=0; ago-- )); do backup_date=$( date -I -d "$ago days ago") echo $backup_date >> test_latest grep -v "_" test_latest | ./exponential_backups.sh -r -d "$backup_date" | xargs -I "{}" sed -ri "s/{}/__________/g" test_latest mv test_results test_results_old paste -d " " test_latest test_results_old > test_results done rm test_results_old