Thank you for the input. My apologies for any confusion, but I was trying to accomplish the same thing which most of us have done at one time or other with DOS's "COPY" commandline to copy select content of one directory over to another.
In the end, Aia's
Code:
ls ./dir1/*.jpg | xargs -I file cp -f file ../../dir2/
So I guess there's more than one way to cook a fish; but I can't help but wish there was something syntactically as simple as the old DOS "COPY" command for those of us who have moved along to UNIX...
Hi,
I have about enough UNIX knowledge to fill a thimble, but when a co-worker left I inherited an interface that runs Informatica on a UNIX box. I like UNIX, but my lack of skill is a real hindrance right now and I need to be able to archive the 9 csv files that are put in a directory by the FTP... (10 Replies)
Hi all
I need to copy the entire contents of one file into an existing file at a specific location. I know the exact line number where I need to put it. It appears I would use either sed or awk to do this, but I have been unsuccessful so far:
File A
line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
... (6 Replies)
I have a problem using uucp. I have Ubuntu 10.4 and i installed the 'uucp' package.
In my LAN there are a desktop pc, a laptop, and the router
the desktop local ip is: 192.168.0.2
the laptop local ip is: 192.168.0.4
Here are the /etc/uucp/config and the /etc/uucp/sys i used on the desktop.... (4 Replies)
Hi experts
cp bin root src /mnt
but not copy bin/bigfile
any help?
( I post this thread in the "redhat" forum wrongly, I don't know how to withdraw that question in that wrong forum)
Thanks (6 Replies)
Hi guys i need advice on the approach to this one......
I have a file say called
Thisfile.20130524.txt
i need to work out from the date 20130524 what day of the week that was and then process the file in 3 working days. (so not counting saturday or sunday....(will not worry about bank... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a files in a directory as below :-
ls -1
mqdepth-S1STC02
proc-mq-S1STC01
proc-mq-S1STC02
proc-mq-S1STC03
Whereever i have S1STC i need to copy them into new file with file name S2STC.
expected output :-
ls -1
mqdepth-S2STC02
proc-mq-S2STC01
proc-mq-S2STC02... (3 Replies)
Not sure whether I can post 'ant' related question here.
There is a requirement to convert files to UTF-8 format.
So, I tried this simple ant script.
<project name="try_copy" basedir="." default="copy_this">
<target name="copy_this">
<copy file="myfile.txt"... (2 Replies)
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mwrite
mwrite(1) General Commands Manual mwrite(1)NAME
mwrite - mtools utility to perform a low level write (copy) of a UNIX file to DOS
SYNOPSIS
mwrite [-mntv] unixfile msdosfile
mwrite [-mntv] unixfile [unixfiles...] [msdosdirectory]
OPTIONS
Preserves the file modification time. Specifies that a warning is not issued when an existing file is specified as the target file. If
this option is not specified, the mwrite command verifies whether or not to overwrite an existing file. Specifies a text file transfer.
Line terminators are converted to the appropriate format. Specifies verbose mode. Displays the new file name if the UNIX file name
requires conversion.
DESCRIPTION
The mwrite command copies the specified UNIX file to the named DOS file, or copies multiple UNIX files to the named DOS directory. The
destination directory cannot be omitted. Reasonable care is taken to create a valid DOS file name. If an invalid name is specified, the
mwrite command changes the name, then displays the new name if the -v option is specified.
DOS subdirectory names that contain the '/' or '' separator are supported. If you use the '' separator or wildcards, you must enclose
file names in quotes to protect them from the shell.
The mcd command can be used to establish the device and the current working directory (relative to DOS), otherwise the default is A:.
Not all UNIX file names are supported in the DOS world. The mwrite command may have to change UNIX names to fit the DOS file name conven-
tions. The following table shows some examples of file name conversions:
-----------------------------------------------
UNIX name DOS name Reason for the change
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thisisatest THISISAT file name too long
file.stuff FILE.STU extension too long
prn.txt XRN.TXT PRN is a device name
.abc X.ABC null file name
hot+cold HOTXCOLD illegal character
-----------------------------------------------
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: Success. Failure.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of mwrite: If set, this variable names the file that contains the name of the cur-
rent mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this variable is not set, the file $HOME/.mcwd is used.
FILES
Contains the name of the current mtools working directory as established by the mcd command. If this file does not exist, the default
mtools working directory is A:. Executable file
SEE ALSO
Commands: dos2unix(1)mcd(1), mcopy(1), mdiskcopy(1), mkmanifest(1), mread(1), mtools(1), unix2dos(1)mwrite(1)
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