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Hi there,

I have this statement:
/usr/bin/cp `/bin/ls -1 /u01/oradata |grep -v "^DIMStemp01.dbf$" | grep -v "^DIMSts01.dbf$"` /backup

However it fails with:
cp: cannot access DIMSaccts01.dbf
cp: cannot access DIMScontrol01.ctl
cp: cannot access DIMScontrol02.ctl
cp: cannot access DIMScontrol03.ctl
cp: cannot access DIMSdrwdgts09.dbf
cp: cannot access DIMSdrwgindx01.dbf
cp: cannot access DIMSdrwgots01.dbf

THe owner for this script is exactly the same as at in /u01/oradata. In /backup folder, the permission is also rwxrwxrwx. May I know which part went wrong?

Make sure that your working directory is /u01/oradata when you call this command since there is no path given to cp for the files.
Does a single manual copy of one of those files work?

Yes, a manual cp is working find.

To include the path where to copy, can I modify like:

/usr/bin/cp /u01/oradata `/bin/ls -1 . |grep -v "^DIMStemp01.dbf$" | grep -v "^DIMSts01.dbf$"` /backup

Thanks!

Not sure if this was a question or an answer.

It should look like

Code:

me@box:/u01/oradata> cp `/bin/ls -1 |grep -vE "^DIMStemp01.dbf$|^DIMSts01.dbf$"` /backup

Thanks! Got it!

Put the below in a script:
/usr/bin/cd /u01/oradata
/usr/bin/cp `/bin/ls -1 /u01/oradata |grep -v "^DIMStemp01.dbf$" | grep -v "^DIM
Sts01.dbf$"` /backup > /tmp/list.out

Still having the below error:
cp: cannot access DIMSusers01.dbf
cp: cannot access ldoc_ts04.dbf
cp: cannot access tnsnames.ora

But if I executed the script manually, it works! Any goes wrong with my script?