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04-11-2011

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Replacing the existing files only

Hey,

Can someone pls give me an idea on how to write a shell script for the below requirement.

I am generating lot of .txt files in a unix directory through a etl tool, now I need to write a shell script which will move these files to another directory(\abc\xyz\source), but in the \abc\xyz\source same file may exsit , if the file with the same name is exsiting then I need to remove the exsiting file file and replace those files with the newly created file from the ETL tool.

Example:- In my source dir I have the below files.
1.txt
2.txt
3.txt

and in the target directory I have

4.txt
5.txt
3.txt
1.txt

Now I want the shell script to move all the files from source dir and replace the files in the target directory, this replace should happen for only those files which are exsiting in the source dir.so my output should be as below.

1.txt
2.txt -- this should be replaced, i.e existing file should be removed and new file should be placed here.
3.txt -- this should be replaced, i.e existing file should be removed and new file should be placed here.
4.txt
5.txt

Thx,
Shruthi

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ECACCESS-FILE-MOVE(1p)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    ECACCESS-FILE-MOVE(1p)

NAME

       ecaccess-file-move - Move or Rename ECaccess Files

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-file-move -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-file-move [-debug] source-ecaccess-file target-ecaccess-file

DESCRIPTION

       Allow moving an ECaccess File. When the move occurs within the same ECaccess File System then it is a rename. When the move occurs across
       two different ECaccess File Systems then first a copy is done and then a delete of the original file is done (e.g. similar to ecaccess-
       file-copy ... -erase).

       The source-ecaccess-file and target-ecaccess-file are in the form [domain:][/user-id/]path. Please read the "Shell commands -> File
       Management" section of the "ecaccess" guide for more information on the ECaccess File System.

ARGUMENTS

       source-ecaccess-file
	       The source ECaccess File name.

       target-ecaccess-file
	       The target ECaccess File name.

OPTIONS

       -version
	       Display version number and exits.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -manual Prints the manual page and exits.

       -debug  Display the SOAP messages exchanged.

EXAMPLES

       ecaccess-file-move ec:test1.txt ec:test2.txt

       Rename the test1.txt file in the ECFS directory of the authenticated user in test2.txt.

       ecaccess-file-move ec:test1.txt home:test2.txt

       Copy the test1.txt file from the ECFS directory of the authenticated user to the test2.txt file in the $HOME directory of the authenticated
       user, then delete the test1.txt file from ECFS.

SEE ALSO

       ecaccess-file-delete, ecaccess-file-get, ecaccess-file-mget, ecaccess-file-modtime, ecaccess-file-mput, ecaccess-file-rmdir, ecaccess-file-
       copy, ecaccess-file-dir, ecaccess-file-mdelete, ecaccess-file-mkdir, ecaccess-file-chmod, ecaccess-file-put, ecaccess-file-size and
       ecaccess.

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