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Old 01-04-2009
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Originally Posted by arukr View Post
Script on execution should take a directory path from user and a numeric input.

Where does it get the numeric input? From the user? From the standard input? From a file?
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it should flag in case of input missing or wrong path .

How do you determine whether the path is right or wrong?

What do you mean by "flag"? Should the script exit or should it continue? Should it notify the user?
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All files inside directory greater than a the numeric input specified

How do you determine whether a file is "greater than the numeric input"? Are the file names all numeric? Or do you want to test the contents of the files?
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should be copied to another directory temp .At last the total copied file size in temp should be displayed .