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Old 03-21-2017
Copy files in respective directories

Hi Guys,

I need to copy the files to respective directories based on name of the file. My script is something like below

Code:
con=$1

for file in `cat $con` 
do
file_tmp=$(ls -t1 $path|  grep -i $file | head -n 1)
echo $file_tmp

if [ -f $path$file_tmp ]
then
	cp $path$file_tmp $DIR/ap

	if [ "$?" = "0" ]
	then
		echo "file copied"
				 
               
		
	else
		echo "Failed copy"
			
	fi
else 
	echo "$file_tmp not present "

fi
done

con.txt

Code:
apple
mango
fish

if its apple file then copy to $DIR/ap
if its mango file then copy to $DIR/man
if its fish file then copy to $DIR/fis

I need to copy the file in respctive paths by reading the file naming convention from config file
 

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