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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] take name of directory and files as variables Post 302575923 by vbe on Wednesday 23rd of November 2011 08:46:07 AM
Old 11-23-2011
Your first attempt partially corrected so it can work a little ( I left the errors where I could...)
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
dir=/home/vbe/Documents/Scripts/Copy
files=$(pwd | ls -m )
counter=0 #counter set to number of files counted with wc -c
numberfiles=$(ls -m | wc -w )

echo " files in these folder are $files "
if [ ! -d $dir ]; then
   mkdir Copy
else
   echo " $dir exists so now will copy files "
fi
read kyb

while [ "$counter" -lt "$numberfiles" ]
do
   #cp ${file}s ${dir}
   echo ${file}s ${dir}
   let counter=counter+1
   #until [ $counter=numberfiles ] do
   #shift 1
   read kyb
done
#cp $files $dir/$files
#echo " $files has been copied "

Do run it it sh -x scriptname...
I let you explain to me the errors you see.
This will help you set your mind for the next step
I admire people trying to learn as fast as possible but we are humans, and to understand what you are doing - it takes time and asks to be well organized in the head:
Knowing what you want to achieve is one thing - How to achieve it is another...
In computing science it means being capable of every thing to a level of elementary tasks (you can then replace by a command...). Normally when not too sure you would start by thinking algorithmic using a pseudo-language or pseudo-code to write down
the different processes involved.
Only after years of practical experience can you bypass that step (because you did it in your mind...).
The pseudo-code helps you understand what you are trying and points out things you forget for example...
 

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paps

PAPS(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   PAPS(1)

NAME

       paps - UTF-8 to PostScript converter using Pango

SYNOPSIS

       paps [options] files...

DESCRIPTION

       paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves
       through the pango ft2 backend.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with  two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options	is
       included below.

       --landscape
	      Landscape output. Default is portrait.

       --columns=cl
	      Number of columns output. Default is 1.

       --font=desc
	      Set the font description. Default is Monospace 12.

       --rtl  Do rtl layout.

       --paper ps
	      Choose paper size. Known paper sizes are legal, letter, a4. Default is A4.

       --bottom-margin=bm
	      Set bottom margin in postscript points (1/72 inch). Default is 36.

       --top-margin=tm
	      Set top margin. Default is 36.

       --left-margin=lm
	      Set left margin. Default is 36.

       --right-margin=rm
	      Set right margin. Default is 36.

       --help Show summary of options.

       --header
	      Draw page header for each page.

       --markup
	      Interpret the text as pango markup.

       --encoding=ENCODING
	      Assume the documentation encoding is ENCODING.

       --lpi  Set the lines per inch. This determines the line spacing.

       --cpi  Set the characters per inch. This is an alternative method of specifying the font size.

       --stretch-chars
	      Indicates  that  characters  should be stretched in the y-direction to fill up their vertical space. This is similar to the texttops
	      behaviour.

AUTHOR

       paps was written by Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Lior Kaplan <kaplan@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								  April  17, 2006							   PAPS(1)
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