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Old 12-09-2009
Tools Moving Files from one directory to another directory

Please do help me out with this. I have to write the following script.

There is a directory named "storage_directory" and it has hundreds of files in it. My script has to move each file from the storage_directory to "temp_directory" After moving each file, it has to create a log of the File name, that is moved into a text file.

Once I run the script, it should be able to move the first file from the "storage_directory" to the "temp_directory" and then create a text file with the name of the files transfered. Then, it has to move the next file in the "storage_directory" to the "temp_directory" and so on... It has to loop through the directory and move the files to "temp_directory"..
# 2  
Old 12-09-2009
mv is destructive, it will delete the original copy after the move, are you sure you don't want to cp first? then rm after you verify the integrity of the file?


Code:
#!/bin/ksh

for file in `ls storage_directory`
do
     mv storage_directory/$file temp_directory/$file
     echo "$file has been moved to temp_directory" >> somelogfile.txt
done


Last edited by pludi; 12-09-2009 at 06:21 PM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 3  
Old 12-09-2009
Thank You very much...
It works for me..
and yeah, I dont need to copy the files.. I just need to move them!
# 4  
Old 12-09-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by erice
mv is destructive, it will delete the original copy after the move, are you sure you don't want to cp first? then rm after you verify the integrity of the file?


Code:
#!/bin/ksh

for file in `ls storage_directory`
do
     mv storage_directory/$file temp_directory/$file
     echo "$file has been moved to temp_directory" >> somelogfile.txt
done

no need to use ls
Code:
for file in storage_directory/*

# 5  
Old 12-10-2009
@ ghostdog74

Thanks so much!!!
Tried this one too.. it did work for me..

---------- Post updated at 11:29 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:15 AM ----------

I have another Question:

I tried to run the following script: (I actually wanted to print out the second field in the text field.)

#!/usr/bin/ksh
set -x
readfile=/dir1/data.txt

cat $readfile | while read line
do
x = `echo $line|awk '{print $2}'`
echo $x
done

But, it shows the following error. It is unable to read the 'x' value.

# ./readData
+ readfile=/dir1/data.txt
+ cat /dir1/data.txt
+ read line
+ awk {print $2}
+ echo skhfkjshf 24343
+ x = 24343
./readData[7]: x: not found
+ echo

+ read line
+ awk {print $2}
+ echo jsdhfklhd 94890
+ x = 94890
./readData[7]: x: not found
+ echo


I have given all the permissions.. chmod 777 readData

Please help me out in solving this issue.

Thanks in advance.
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