Problem setting path to external hard drive as a variable
Hello all,
I am EXTREMELY new to using bash and I have a bit of a problem: I'm trying to set up a shell script that can
1.) take one of several giant files off of an external hard drive
2.) use it as input for scripts on my laptop's hard drive
3.) send output of those scripts to the external hard drive
4.) delete the giant file off my laptops hard drive
5.) repeat
Everything is set up in a cript i wrote that performs this process using three different folders on my laptop, but when i go to pull files off my external hard drive I find I am unable to do so! I've poked around and tried to find the problem, but as a true novice I'm having no luck. Heres what it looks like:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
prev_dir= /Volumes/My\ Passport/test_reads_folder_a
new_dir=/Users/mylapple/desktop/test_reads_folder_b
cd $prev_dir
for i in `cat targeted_files.txt`
do
sed -i '' 's/\r$//' $i
echo $i
cd $prev_dir
cp $i $new_dir
done
Gives me the output:
Code:
./4fqmv.sh: line 11: cd: /Volumes/My Passport/test_reads_folder_a: No such file or directory
cat: targeted_files.txt: No such file or directory
Any suggestions?
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