Copy single file to multiple directories

kthatch · #1 (**permalink**) 11-10-2007

Please help - I need to copy a single file to multiple directories.

Dir structure:

Parent_Directoy
Filename1
Child_Directory1
Child_Directory2
Child_Directory3
Child_Directory4
....

So I need to copy Filename1 to all of the Child_Directories.

Currently I do it one by one via
cp Filename1 Child_Directory1/
cp Filename1 Child_Directory2/
....

fpmurphy · #2 (**permalink**) 11-10-2007

Create a file (dirfile) containing a list of the directories you want to copy to, one per line
and then use a simple shell script to batch copy the file i.e.

#! /bin/sh
while read DIR
do
cp file $DIR
done < dirlist

Smiling Dragon · #3 (**permalink**) 11-11-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by kthatch

Parent_Directoy
Filename1
Child_Directory1
Child_Directory2
Child_Directory3
Child_Directory4
....

So I need to copy Filename1 to all of the Child_Directories.

If you want to copy to all subdirectories (ie Child_Directory1,2,3,4 etc are the only subdirs), you can do the following:

Code:

find <parent directory> -type d -exec cp <parent directory>/<Filename1> {}/ \;

If you have other junk in the parent dir but a pattern that matches all subdirs (eg Child_Directory*), you can do this (bourne/ksh/bash):

Code:

for subdir in <parent directory>/<pattern> ; do cp <parent directory>/<Filename1> ${subdir}/ ; done

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