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Old 06-20-2006
Using cp command inside shell scrip

Hi,
First i would like to say that im a unix begginer.

I have a file named /tmp/sample.lst that contain about 20 rows like the following two :
'/tmp/aa.txt' '/temp/aa.txt'
'/tmp/xx.txt' '/temp/xx.txt'

Inside a ksh script i would like to do the following task:
add the cp command at the begging of each line, and after that check if the
copy command successed.

for example:

cp `cat /tmp/sample.lst`

if [ st$ -eq != 0 ]
then
echo "fail"
else
echo "success"
fi

Could one demonstraite how to run through the lines and check if each copy
succeded ?
Thank You Very Much !!!!
Smilie
# 2  
Old 06-20-2006
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
while read sourcefile destfile
do
      cp $sourcefile $destfile
      if [ -s $destfile ] ; then
          echo "$destfile copied successfully from $sourcefile"
      fi
done < /tmp/sample.lst

# 3  
Old 06-22-2006
Might be better to test the return code rather than existence of file - this would pick up errors like unable to overwrite existing file because of permissions, lack of space etc, also I'd like a specific error message - but them I'm just picky Smilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
while read sourcefile destfile
do
      cp $sourcefile $destfile

Code:
      if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         echo "$destfile copied successfully from $sourcefile"
      else
         echo  "ERROR: failed to copy $destfile from $sourcefile"
      fi
done < /tmp/sample.lst

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