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Old 09-27-2007
Find and replace files in multiple folders

Hi there,

I would like to write a script to automate the copy and renaming of files in multiple dir.

I have a generic file named s253e.prb and would like to copy this to multiple dir and rename it.

Example:


Dir is AL-M1 and the prb file name is AL-M1.prb. I would like to be able to copy the generic prb file to this dir and rename it AL-M1.prb while backing up the original.

I know that I can use the find command to complete this but I dont know where to start..

The Generic file is kept in the dir S25E3 dir and again we have multiple dirs:

AL-M1
AL-M2
CD-M1

etc

Any starters and help would be grateful to point me in the right dir...

I am using the ksh shell for this
 

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APPLESINGLE(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					    APPLESINGLE(1)

NAME
applesingle, binhex, macbinary -- encode and decode files SYNOPSIS
<tool> probe file ... <tool> [decode] [-c] [-fv] [-C dir] [-o outfile] [file ...] <tool> -h | -V applesingle encode [-cfv] [-s suf] [-C dir] [-o outfile] file ... binhex encode [-R] [-cfv] [-s suf] [-C dir] [-o outfile] file ... macbinary encode [-t 1-3] [-cfv] [-s suf] [-C dir] [-o outfile] file ... DESCRIPTION
applesingle, binhex, macbinary are implemented as a single tool with multiple names. All invocations support the three verbs encode, decode, and probe. If multiple files are passed to probe, the exit status will be non-zero only if all files contain data in the specified encoding. OPTIONS
-f, --force perform the operation even if the output file already exists -h, --help display version and usage, then quit -v, --verbose be verbose -V, --version display version, then quit -c, --pipe, --from-stdin, --to-stdout For decode, read encoded data from the standand input. For encode, write encoded data to the standard output. Currently, "plain" data must be written to and from specified filenames (see also mount_fdesc(8)). -C, --directory dir create output files in dir -o, --rename name Use name for output, overriding any stored or default name. For encode, the appropriate suffix will be added to name. -o implies only one file to be encoded or decoded. -s, --suffix .suf override the default suffix for the given encoding -R, --no-runlength-encoding don't use BinHex runlength compression when encoding -t, --type 1-3 Specify MacBinary encoding type. Type 1 is undesirable because it has neither a checksum nor a signature and is thus difficult to recognize. DIAGNOSTICS
In general, the tool returns a non-zero exit status if it fails. Darwin 14 November 2005 Darwin
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