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12-01-2006

maheshsri

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Using variable with cp command in bash shell

Hi,

I am trying to write script to copy some files(/ppscdr/cdrp2p/temp/) from one directory to another directory using shell script. see the script below,

Code:

#!/bin/sh -f
dir_name=20061105

        mkdir ${dir_name}
        cd /ppscdr/cdrp2p/temp
        pwd
        cp p2p${dir_name}*.* /ppscdr/cdrp2p/${dir_name}
        pwd

But id dosen't work properly (didn't copy the files).
See the error as below,

Code:

[root@cdrwebserver cdrp2p]# ./cp.sh
/ppscdr/cdrp2p/temp
cp: cannot stat `p2p20061105*.*': No such file or directory
/ppscdr/cdrp2p/temp

But there are some files in the /ppscdr/cdrp2p/temp directory starting with p2p20061105.

Can some one help me to find the resolve the error.

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