According to the ditto manpage the ditto command expects directory names as arguments.
So probably something like following should work:
Besides also according to the ditto man page you even don't need to manually create the $DST directory, since it will be created automatically if it does not exist.
I also recommend to code some basic error-checking, e.g. check if the $SRC file (directory) exists.
HI ,
I am trying to wite a script that will prompt me saying " what is path that you want to find ?". once i specify the path, the script should put this path in the find command mentioned below and execute the script:
find <path> -ctime +200 -type f -exec ls -l {} \;
for example :
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Hi
I am new to writing script and want to use a Bash Piped while-read and read from user input.
if something happens on server.log then do while loop or if something happend on user input then do while loop.
Pseudocode something like:
tail -n 3 -f server.log | while read serverline || read... (8 Replies)
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how best to approach this script, and I have very little experience, so I could use all the help I can get. :wall:
I regularly need to delete files from many directories.
A file with the same name may exist any number of times in different subdirectories.... (3 Replies)
Below is a simple script to prompt for user input while suggesting an editable default value at the prompt:
shortname=user1
read -e -i $shortname -p "Please enter the username you would like to add: " input
USERNAME="${input:-$shortname}"
Please enter the username you would like to add:... (3 Replies)
Dear Friends,
I am looking for a shell script to merge input files into one file .. here is my idea:
1st paramter would be outfile file (all input files content)
read all input files and merge them to input param 1
ex: if I pass 6 file names to the script then 1st file name as output file... (4 Replies)
Hi.
How can I create a history function? (By "read" command or so)
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How can I configure a read command so that the arrow keys are not displayed so funny? (^[[A)
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Hi All,
Can you please provide some pointers to move files from Base path to multiple paths in efficient way.Folder Structure is already created.
/Path/AdminUser/User1/1111/Reports/aaa.txt to /Path/User1/1111/Reports/aaa.txt
/Path/AdminUser/User1/2222/Reports/bbb.txt to... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I am working on a script, which requests users to enter input.
Ex: read -p "Please enter your email id:" email
I don't want users skipping this entry, this has to be mandatory.I dont want to proceed without input.
I can do a check if variable $email is empty and proceed if not.But, i... (7 Replies)
I'm having an issue with bash read input when using a case statement.
The script halts and doesn't read the input on the first loop. if I hit enter then the scripts starts to respond as expected. Need some help here.
defaultans=8hrs
read -e -i $defaultans -p "${bldwht}How long would you like... (5 Replies)