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Old 09-15-2010
Regular Expression to copy files
Hi All,

I have a file with the contents as below.
Code:
Current_path/file1
Current_path/file2
Current_path/file3

Now i want a regular expression to copy this files to
Code:
cp Current_path/file1   HOME_DIR/Current_path/file1
cp Current_path/file2   HOME_DIR/Current_path/file2
cp Current_path/file3   HOME_DIR/Current_path/file3


Could you guys please help me to do this.

Thanks in advance,
Girish.
Last edited by Franklin52; 09-15-2010 at 03:14 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 2  
Old 09-15-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by girish.raos
Hi All,

I have a file with the contents as below.
Code:
Current_path/file1
Current_path/file2
Current_path/file3

Now i want a regular expression to copy this files to
Code:
cp Current_path/file1   HOME_DIR/Current_path/file1
cp Current_path/file2   HOME_DIR/Current_path/file2
cp Current_path/file3   HOME_DIR/Current_path/file3


Could you guys please help me to do this.

Thanks in advance,
Girish.
Try it first without the colored part:
Code:
sed 's#\(.*\)#cp & HOME/DIR/&#' file | sh

# 3  
Old 09-15-2010
I thinks you don't need regexes for this:
Code:
cat file | cpio -pumd $HOME

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