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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash to copy subfolder and files to matching directory Post 303032282 by johnprogrammer on Thursday 14th of March 2019 03:16:27 PM
Old 03-14-2019
I think I finished your program. Test it, and tell us if it works.

Code:
#!/bin/sh

# POSIX shell compliant.

# grab run directory.
set -xv

for dir in /home/cmccabe/medex.logs/ponc/*/ ; do


  if [ -d "$dir" ] ; then
     run="$(basename "$dir")"
  fi


  # the program exits 1, in case the directory can not be accessed, or does not exist.

  cd /home/cmccabe/Desktop/f1 || exit 1


  # https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC2035
  
  findOutput="$(find ./* -maxdepth 1 -type d)"


  # find match and copy run.

  for match in $findOutput
  do
  
    if [ "$run" = "$match" ]
    then

      cp -Rv "$run" /home/cmccabe/Desktop/f1/"$match"
  
    fi
  
  done


done

exit 0

Last edited by johnprogrammer; 03-14-2019 at 08:11 PM..
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