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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to backup multiple files and amend their filenames Post 89791 by mschwage on Tuesday 15th of November 2005 11:23:12 PM
Old 11-16-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by m223464
I'm trying to write a command that backs up certain files into my current directory and adds a prefix to the backed up file name. I realise this can be done in a script by specifying each individual file but would like to know if it can be done on one line and made an alias.
...
Is this possible?
Yup. Try this:

Code:
alias doit='find . -name "AMQERR*" -print | sed -e "s#\.\/##" | xargs -l -i cp {} \$QM-{}'

...Note that this code will descend into any subdirectories, which may not be what you want. Substitute a directory for dot, if you want (and maybe exclude the sed command).
-mschwage
 

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

conflict

conflict(8mh)															     conflict(8mh)

Name
       conflict - search for alias/password conflicts

Syntax
       /usr/lib/mh/conflict [ -help ] [ -mail name ] [ -search directory ] [ aliasfiles ...  ]

Description
       The  program checks to see if the interface between MH and transport system is in good shape.  It also checks for maildrops in which do not
       belong to a valid user.	It assumes that no user name will start with a dot (.)	and thus ignores files in which begin with a dot.

       The program checks the entries in the specified alias files.  It parses the entries in the same way that  would,  and  outputs  any  errors
       which  it  finds.   The	program can be used to check the entries in a user's personal alias file, or in the system alias file, If no alias
       file is specified, checks the system alias file.

       The program also checks the file for entries which do not belong to a valid user, and for users who do not have a valid group  number.	In
       addition, duplicate users and groups are noted.

       The program should be run under or whenever system accounting takes place.

Options
       -help	 Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

       -mail name
		 Mails the results to the specified name.  Otherwise, the results are sent to the standard output.

       -search directory
		 Searches  directories	other than and reports anomalies in those directories.	The -search switch can appear more than once in an
		 invocation to with different directories named.

Files
       The system customization file.

       The system password file.

       The system group file.

       Program used to mail results, if the
		 -mail option is used.

       Directory containing users' maildrops.

See Also
       mh-alias(5mh), cron(8)

																     conflict(8mh)
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