Hi there

I have a folder called backup
it is path is: ~/backup

Inside this folder, there are four files:
~/backup/test1.cpp
~/backup/test2.cpp
~/backup/test3.cpp
~/backup/PATHS.TXT

The fourth file PATHS.TXT contains the original paths for the three files. This is the content of it:

[1]/home/user/Desktop/test1.cpp
[2]/home/user/Desktop/folder3/test2.cpp
[3]/home/user/Desktop/test3.cpp

I want to write a script that:
1) take a number from user ( 1, 2 or 3 )
2) store the original path of the selected file into a variable p
3) copy the selected file to path p ( its original location )

This is what I have done so far:

Code:

#check if there is a parameter or not
if [ $# = 0 ]
then
echo List of all files in backup system:
cat ~/backup/PATHS.TXT
else

# Take the line that contains the file's original path:
l=`grep \[$1\] ~/backup/PATHS.TXT`
echo $l

# Store the file's original path into variable p
#p=
#echo $p

# Copy the file to its original location:
#f=
#cp $f $p
#echo File $f restored sccussfully to its original location $p
fi

The problem is:
I don't know how to store the original path only without the '[#]' ?