how to create new dir fro a file list - Shell Programming and Scripting

banjo · #1 09-11-2006

Hi,

What will be the best way to do the follwing:
i have a file calld dir.list
/cav
/cav/brif
/usr/main
/cat

i want to run a script that will take each of the item in the file and create a new dir in a location that i'll choose

it nee to do mkdir cav
mkdir cav
cd cav
mkdir brif
......

thanks

Sergiu-IT · #2 09-11-2006

I guess you need something like this:

Code:

for directory in `cat directories.txt`
do
    mkdir directory;
done

tayyabq8 · #3 09-11-2006

Try:

Code:

#! /bin/ksh

curdir=`pwd`

while read path; do
if [[ ! -d $curdir$path ]]; then
mkdir -p $curdir$path
fi
done < dirlist

Note: Above code is as per your given sample which has a "/" at the begining of each line.

Regards,
Tayyab

banjo · #4 09-11-2006

i need to create the all path

/cav/usr/mmm/t

i need to create /cav
after that create the /cav/usr
and then /cav/usr/mmm

how can i do that from a script that will read the dir to creates from a file that will look like that:
/cav/usr
/benny/ddd/t
/usr/clear
/cacac/hhttt/to
.....

Thanks a Mil

blowtorch · #5 09-11-2006

Have you tried to use shereenmotor's script? Does it do what you want? If it does not, then can you explain where it is failing?

aaaaargh · #6 09-12-2006

something like this, maybe?

awk '{print "mkdir "$1}' file | sh

Corona688 · #7 09-12-2006

A solution that doesn't need the combined horsepower of awk and a new shell is probably more efficient.

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