Using variables to copy files with increasing numerical names.
Hello, I have been learning Linux shell commands for about 4 months now. I am trying to write a simple shell script, but I have encountered an issue I do not understand the cause of.
When I run my script I get an error.
[user@x dir]$ ./myscript.sh
cp: cannot stat `path/to/file/{1..2}.dat': No such file or directory
[user@x dir]$
However when I run it without variables.
Running script without variables.
[user@x dir]$ ./myscript.sh
It copies the ten *.dat files from the path/to/files to the directory of myscript.sh. How can I get the script working with variables? Thanks in advance for any help given.
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I would love to have a script that does the following:
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dear all.
how can i copy a list of files with different names into others directory have the same name
like i have 3 files
10_10
10_10_11
10_10_11_12
and i have 3 directories
10_10
10_10_11
10_10_11_12
how can i make a loop to cp this files into the directory have the same name like... (0 Replies)
dear all.
how can i copy a list of files with different names into others directory have the same name
like i have 3 files
10_10
10_10_11
10_10_11_12
and i have 3 directories
10_10
10_10_11
10_10_11_12
how can i make a loop to cp this files into the directory have the same name like... (31 Replies)
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CC10-1234P1999.WGS84.p190
each of this files is in a directory named for the file but excluding the extension.
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Hi,
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VF_50, VF_100, VF_150, VF_250, VF_300, VF_350, VF_400, VF_450, VF_500.
When I do an 'ls' it arranges the files in the following way
VF_100, VF_150, VF_250, VF_300, VF_350, VF_400, VF_450, VF_50, VF_500.
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Hello
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filename_0
filename_1
filename_18500
filename_10000
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i am able to do it, if iam using only one variable. But with two variables the file
names are NOT getting generated in the way i want.
plz help me out.
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xdg-user-dir(1) User Commands xdg-user-dir(1)NAME
xdg-user-dir - Get the path used for desktop user directory location.
SYNOPSIS
xdg-user-dir DIR
DESCRIPTION
xdg-user-dir is a utility that extracts the location of the specified desktop user directory from the file :
${HOME}/.config/user-dirs.dirs
OPERANDS
Valid desktop directories (DIR) are:
DESKTOP
DOWNLOAD
TEMPLATES
PUBLICSHARE
DOCUMENTS
MUSIC
PICTURES
VIDEOS
If an invalid directory is requested ${HOME} is returned.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables:
HOME.
Other environment variable that are used are:
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
Base directory for storge of XDG configuration files. Defaults to ${HOME}/.config
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/xdg-user-dir
XDG Directory expansion utility.
${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/user-dirs.dirs
Location of the user-specific configuration including the current list of directories and what they map to.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Location of user's documents directory
% xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS
/home/user/Documents
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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xdg-user-dirs-update(1), xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update(1), attributes(5)NOTES
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SunOS 5.11 03 Apr 2008 xdg-user-dir(1)