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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with searching for a file in a directory and copying the contents of that file in a new file Post 302501804 by zel2zel on Friday 4th of March 2011 10:17:24 PM
Old 03-04-2011
here's the script

I am creating a simple script that can "recover" a deleted file.

I already created a working del command wherein when I type
Code:
$ del filename

, the filename will be moved to a directory called recyclebin.

Now, in order for me to recover this file, I need to search for the filename inside the recyclebin and move it to the destination that the user will specify.



Code:
#!bin/bash
dest=$2

if [ !-d $dest ]

        echo "Error: The path $2 does not exists"

        else
                continue

                notFound=`find ~/.recyclebin -name $1`

                if [ $notFound != "false" ]

                        fname=$1

                        cp $fname $dest/${fname}1

                fi
fi

unfortunately the code does not work Smilie

What is wrong with my code?

I just want the script to be executed something like this:

Code:
 $ rcvr filename ~/destination

Please help me, thank you.
 

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cp(1)							      General Commands Manual							     cp(1)

Name
       cp - copy file data

Syntax
       cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] file1 file2

       cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] file... directory

       cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] directory... directory

Description
       The command copies file1 onto file2.  The mode and owner of file2 are preserved if it already existed; the mode of file1 is used otherwise.
       Note that the command will not copy a file onto itself.

       In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file names.

       In the third form, one or more source directories are copied into the destination directory with their original file names.

Options
       -f   Forces existing destination pathnames to be removed before copying, without prompting for confirmation.  The -i option is  ignored	if
	    the -f option is specified.

       -i   Prompts  user  with  the name of file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwritten. A yes answer will cause to continue.
	    Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.

       -p   Preserves (duplicates) in the copies the modification time, access time, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed  by  the  permis-
	    sions of the source files, ignoring the present umask.

       -r   Copies  directories.  Entire directory trees, including their subtrees and the individual files they contain, are copied to the speci-
	    fied destination directory. The directory, its subtrees, and the individual files retain their original names. For	example,  to  copy
	    the directory including all of its subtrees and files, into the directory enter the following command:
	    cp -r reports news

See Also
       cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)

																	     cp(1)
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