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

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?