Shell Programming and Scripting

"file.a.b.1-A.r"
"file.a.b.1-B.r"
"file.a.b.1-C.r"
"file.a.b.1-D.r"

> cp "file.a.b.c-d.r" "file.a.b.1-A.r"
> cp "file.a.b.c-d.r" "file.a.b.1-B.r"
...etc..

#! /bin/sh

#file to use as template

temp = "~/file.a.b.c-d.r"

#! /bin/ksh

#file to use as template

temp = "~/file.a.b.c-d.r"
while read line
do
    cp "${temp}" ${line}
done < listOfFilesFile

#!/bin/ksh

temp='~/file.a.b.c-d.r'
vars='A B C D'

for var in ${vars}
do
    a="${temp%-*}"
    a="${a%.*}"
    a="${a}.1-${var}.${temp##*.}"
    echo cp "${temp}" "${a}"
done