load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl" diri = "/datalocal/ccpd/xxxxxxx/growing_season/Interp_to_T42/A1B/" diro = "/project/cas/yyyy/XXXXXXX/" fili = systemfunc("cd "+diri+" ; ls *regridT42.nc") nfil = dimsizes(fili) print("nfil="+nfil) do nf=0,nfil-1 print("=======================") sfx = get_file_suffix(fili(nf),0) filo = sfx@fBase + ".detrend.nc" pathi = diri+fili(nf) patho = diro+filo system("/bin/rm -f "+patho) ; remove any pre-existing file cmd = "cdo detrend "+pathi+" "+patho print(cmd) system( cmd ) end do