#!/usr/bin/env sh

# @(#) a1       Demonstrate awk feature "command | getline".

set -o nounset
echo

## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.

echo "(Versions of codes used in this script -- local code \"version\")"
version bash awk

echo

awk '
        { command = "basename " $1
        command | getline file
        print "cp -pr " file " " $1 }
' data1

exit 0

% ./a1

(Versions of codes used in this script -- local code "version")
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
GNU Awk 3.1.4

cp -pr a.dbf /data/a.dbf
cp -pr b.dbf /data/june/b.dbf