$ l {foo,bar}.yml* -rw-r--r-- 1 fletch fletch 275 Jul 21 11:28 bar.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 fletch fletch 91 Jul 21 11:28 bar.yml.bz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 fletch fletch 80 Jul 21 11:29 bar.yml.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 fletch fletch 110 Jul 21 11:29 foo.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 fletch fletch 77 Jul 21 11:29 foo.yml.bz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 fletch fletch 61 Jul 21 11:29 foo.yml.gz $ for i in {foo,bar}.yml ; { print $i ; cat $i } foo.yml --- a: [1, [2, [3, [4, [5, [6, [7, [8, [9, [10]]]]]]]]]] b: [1, [2, [3, [4, [5, [6, [7, [8, [9, [10]]]]]]]]]] bar.yml --- a: - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 b: - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 - - 10