#do some copying and running DIR=GAMESS i=1 ## Do a loop until we find a free number LOOPDIR=$DIR$i while [ -d $LOOPDIR ] do LOOPDIR=$DIR$i i=`expr $i + 1` done echo "Putting GAMESS input and ed3 in $LOOPDIR:" mkdir $LOOPDIR cp gamess1.ed3 $LOOPDIR/GAMESS_$job1.ed3 cp gamess1.in $LOOPDIR/GAMESS_$job1.in cd $LOOPDIR rungamess -k ed3 $job1 cd ..