#!/bin/bash count=0 for f in ./*.jpg; do # do some stuff here with "$f" # remember to quote it or spaces may misbehave if [ $count -lt 50 ] then echo "$f" echo "$count" python ocr2.py "$f" > "$f".txt && cat "$f".txt ((count++)) else echo "Limit reached" echo $(date) sleep 61m echo "Resuming OCR..." echo "$f" echo "$count" python ocr2.py "$f" > "$f".txt && cat "$f".txt cp "$f".txt "$f"_1.txt count=1 fi done