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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Copying data from files to directories Post 302808295 by newbie2010 on Thursday 16th of May 2013 11:26:17 AM
Old 05-16-2013
Copying data from files to directories
I have the following that I'd like to do:

1. I have split a file into separate files that I placed into the /tmp directory. These files are named F1 F2 F3 F4.
2. In addition, I have several directories which are alphabetized as dira dirb dirc dird.
3. I'd like to be able to copy F1 F2 F3 F4 to dira drib dirc dirb and so forth. Would this be done by use of an array? The dirnames will change each time but they will always be in alphabetical order. The file names will also be in order as F1 F2 F3 F4.
So the point is I'd like to match the file names to the directories so that F1 will copy into the first directory (one that is earliest in the alphabet).
I really haven't worked much with arrays and am wondering if anyone here has an idea?
I have created an array but if /how the cp command could be used to copy data into these directories, I am not sure.

Code:
dirs=(dira dirb dirc)
for dir in "${dirs[@]}"; do
    cp (not sure what /if this can be done)
done

I am sure this is not appropriate, but need some direction. Any suggestions as to how to approach this would be appreciated.
 

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dh_movefiles

DH_MOVEFILES(1) 						     Debhelper							   DH_MOVEFILES(1)

NAME

       dh_movefiles - move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages

SYNOPSIS

       dh_movefiles [debhelperoptions] [--sourcedir=dir] [-Xitem] file...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package
       build directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs everything into debian/tmp, and you need to break that
       up into subpackages.

       Note: dh_install is a much better program, and you are recommended to use it instead of dh_movefiles.

FILES

       debian/package.files
	   Lists the files to be moved into a package, separated by whitespace. The filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can
	   also list directory names, and the whole directory will be moved.

OPTIONS

       --sourcedir=dir
	   Instead of moving files out of debian/tmp (the default), this option makes it move files out of some other directory. Since the entire
	   contents of the sourcedir is moved, specifying something like --sourcedir=/ is very unsafe, so to prevent mistakes, the sourcedir must
	   be a relative filename; it cannot begin with a `/'.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
	   Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed.

       file ...
	   Lists files to move. The filenames listed should be relative to debian/tmp/. You can also list directory names, and the whole directory
	   will be moved. It is an error to list files here unless you use -p, -i, or -a to tell dh_movefiles which subpackage to put them in.

NOTES

       Note that files are always moved out of debian/tmp by default (even if you have instructed debhelper to use a compatibility level higher
       than one, which does not otherwise use debian/tmp for anything at all). The idea behind this is that the package that is being built can be
       told to install into debian/tmp, and then files can be moved by dh_movefiles from that directory. Any files or directories that remain are
       ignored, and get deleted by dh_clean later.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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