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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to copy N files from one dir to another Post 86291 by GMMike on Wednesday 12th of October 2005 11:30:19 PM
Old 10-13-2005
How to copy N files from one dir to another
Hi,

I have a script that can only handLE limited number of input files.

I need to be able to write a command (or a script) that:

1> copies N number of files from one directory (A) to another (B).
2> Files that are moved need to be renamed.
3> Files picked to be moved have same prefix.

For example, if N=2

Before

Dir A Dir B
-----------------
F1
F2
F3
F4
X

After 1 execution

Dir A Dir B
------------------
F3 F1
F4 F2
X

After 2nd execution

Dir A Dir B
-----------------
X F1
F2
F3
F4

I am using HP unix

Your help is appreciated.

Thanks.

GMMIKE
 

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Test::Dir(3pm)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					    Test::Dir(3pm)

NAME

       Test::Dir - test directory attributes

SYNOPSIS

	 use Test::More ...;
	 use Test::Dir;

DESCRIPTION

       This modules provides a collection of test utilities for directory attributes.  Use it in combination with Test::More in your test
       programs.

FUNCTIONS

   dir_exists_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory exists, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_not_exists_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory does not exist, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_empty_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is empty (contains no files or subdirectories), and not ok otherwise.

   dir_not_empty_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is not empty, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_readable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is readable, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_not_readable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is not readable, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_writable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is writable, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_not_writable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is not writable, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_executable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is executable, and not ok otherwise.

   dir_not_executable_ok(DIRNAME [, TESTNAME] )
       Ok if the directory is not executable, and not ok otherwise.

TO DO

       I know there are a lot more directory attributes that can be tested.  If you need them, please ask (or better yet, contribute code!).

AUTHOR

       Martin 'Kingpin' Thurn, "mthurn at cpan.org", <http://tinyurl.com/nn67z>.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-test-dir at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Dir>.  I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
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SUPPORT

       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

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       You can also look for information at:

       o   RT: CPAN's request tracker

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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