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Sorry, I do not understand how I would implement cp and cat in the one line? I tried


s) cp -iv ~/files/* ~/backups/oldfiles/ > cat -i ~/logs/logfile.log;;It gives me a not a directory message...

Yes, sorry. I worked this out myself but internet was down so could not reply. All working fine now. :)

Out of curiosity, is there a quick way of asking the user if they want to overwrite the log...

If I take away the second ; it now gives me

"syntax error near unexpected token ')'

My actual code is,

s) cp -i -v ~/files/* ~/backups/oldfiles/; > ~/logs/logfile.log

^ It is part of a...

I am trying to output a log file from cp usage. I think this can be achieved. In my code I have this.

cp -i -v ~/files/* ~/backups/oldfiles/;; > ~/logs/logfile.logThe error I get is "syntax error...

Hi. I used your

mkdir -p ~/wp ~/ss ~/pics

as I understood it. I don't however understand that case statement, particularly this area.


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I also guess you think I...

Hello. I am new here and new to scripting. I used to have a very basic script that worked for simple backup/restore of files. I have expanded it and well... I have ended up with a complete mess. It...