Hash (#) as a variable

errolg · #1 (**permalink**) 05-16-2002

Hi

I'm writing a cript that copies and renames files to a backup location. This script can be used in a "test" mode, whereby all the files that will be copied are listed. The problem is that the destination file will not yet exist, so I want to comment this part (I'm shure you'll see what I'm getting at from the example below!)

I have the following in the script:

Code:

if test "$control_code" = "cp";
 then
   echo ""
   echo "You have chosen $control_code"
   echo "Files are being copied."
   echo ""
   ext="/backup"
 else
   echo ""
   echo "You have chosen $control_code"
   echo "No files will be copied, only tested"
   echo ""
   control_code="ls -l"
   ext=#
fi  

...

echo "cp /dir/testfile /backup/testfile_1"
$control_code /dir/testfile $ext/testfile_1

echo "cp /u01/testfile /backup/testfile_2"
$control_code /u01/testfile $ext/testfile_2

...

Currently I get the result:
#/testfile_1: No such file or directory
#/testfile_2: No such file or directory

You can see that the hash (#) comment value is not recognised.

How can this be done???

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

added code tags for readability --oombera

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