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Old 10-01-2013
Issue with copying files into dir inside for loop
Hi ,
I'm trying to move/copy the files inside the loop into a directory .
I tried the below code and the issue is the data is not copying into the created directory but the files are copying into another file

Code:
file_path="/home/etc"
 Last_Day=20130930
 
mkdir $file_path/ARC_${Last_Day}
 
  for files in $file_path/AB*$Last_Day*
  do 
    dest_dir=$ARC_${Last_Day}
    cp $file_path/$Last_Data $file_path/$dest_dir
 
   done

When i check with set -x the last cp command is interpreted as
cp /home/etc/AB_20130930.log /home/etc/20130930

Please suggest.. Thank You
# 2  
Old 10-01-2013
If I understood correctly , you mean to say copy files from /home/etc/AB*20130930* to /home/etc/ARC_20130930/

Code:
file_path="/home/etc"
Last_Day=20130930
 
if [ ! -d "$file_path/ARC_${Last_Day}" ]
then
	mkdir -P $file_path/ARC_${Last_Day}
fi
 
dest_dir=${file_path}/ARC_${Last_Day} 
for files in $file_path/AB*${Last_Day}*
do 
    echo "cp $files ${dest_dir}/
	#cp $files ${dest_dir}/
 
done

First please check output of echo command, if it is satisfy your requirement, then only remove echo part and uncomment copy command which is after echo command.
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# 3  
Old 10-01-2013
Thank You Pravin. It worked
# 4  
Old 10-01-2013
The directory you created is not pointed to by the dest_dir variable:
Code:
mkdir $file_path/ARC_${Last_Day}   --> = /home/etc/ARC_20130930
dest_dir=$ARC_${Last_Day}          --> = ""20130930

as variable ARC_ is undefined. Why don't you use the same single variable to make the directory and then point the cp target to it?
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