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Old 03-19-2009
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In Korn Shell:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh

if [ ! $# -eq 2 ]
then
        echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <filename> <target directory>"
        exit 1
fi

fname=$(basename $1)
current=$(pwd)

cd $2

lastval=$(ls $fname* 2>/dev/null |sort | tail -1 | cut -d. -f2)

if [ "$lastval" = "" ]
then
        lastval=1
else
        (( lastval = lastval + 1 ))
fi

cd $current
cp -f $1 $2/$1.$lastval
If your script is for example "mycopyfile", use it like:
Code:
./mycopyfile FILE /path/to/files