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# 15  
Old 09-29-2011
It ran without errors, but the main functionality isn't there, which is to copy from one place to another recursively:

Code:
Enterprise:~ user$ awk -F. 'NF{print "cp "$0" "$1".dat"}' infile
cp /Users/config/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.dat
cp /Users/config2/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.dat
cp /Users/config3/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.dat

# 16  
Old 09-29-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by DallasT
It ran without errors, but the main functionality isn't there, which is to copy from one place to another recursively:

Code:
Enterprise:~ user$ awk -F. 'NF{print "cp "$0" "$1".dat"}' infile
cp /Users/config/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.dat
cp /Users/config2/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.dat
cp /Users/config3/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.dat

ok, what happens when you put the trailing '|sh' back in?
# 17  
Old 09-29-2011
The copy function is still not there.

Code:
Enterprise:~ user$ awk -F. 'NF{print "cp "$0" "$1".dat"}' infile | sh
Enterprise:~ user$

# 18  
Old 09-29-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by DallasT
The copy function is still not there.

Code:
Enterprise:~ user$ awk -F. 'NF{print "cp "$0" "$1".dat"}' infile | sh
Enterprise:~ user$

what do you expect? There should be no output - the files get copied 'silently' (unless there're errors).
Do you see your new .dat files?
# 19  
Old 09-29-2011
The copy function did not happen.

The contents of install.deploy did not copy over to install.dat

The main idea is to take the contents of install.deploy and put them into install.dat, recursively for each directory listed in infile file.

This is what its doing:

its creating a brand-new install.dat inside the backup directory. which is not what i wanted.

My original request was:


Copy the contents of:

Code:
/var/router/system1/config/backup/install.put
/var/router/system2/config/backup/install.put
/var/router/system3/config/backup/install.put
/var/router/system4/config/backup/install.put

Over Write :


Code:
/var/router/system1/config/install.dat
/var/router/system2/config/install.dat
/var/router/system3/config/install.dat
/var/router/system4/config/install.dat

in this way, install.put becomes install.dat in config directory.
Last edited by DallasT; 09-29-2011 at 02:10 PM..
# 20  
Old 09-29-2011
This is a bit different from the original.
Try this:
Code:
nawk -F'[/.]' 'NF{print "cp " $0 " " $0 "/../"$(NF-1)".dat"}' myFile

Add a trailing '|sh' when satisfied with the output.
Last edited by vgersh99; 09-29-2011 at 02:26 PM.. Reason: forgot the leading NF
# 21  
Old 09-29-2011
ran, but the results are the same. The copy function did not occur.


Code:
Enterprise:~ user$ awk -F'[/.]' '{print "cp " $0 " " $0 "/../"$(NF-1)".dat"}' infile 
cp /Users/config/backup/install.deploy /Users/config/backup/install.deploy/../install.dat
cp /Users/config2/backup/install.deploy /Users/config2/backup/install.deploy/../install.dat
cp /Users/config3/backup/install.deploy /Users/config3/backup/install.deploy/../install.dat
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