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# 1  
Old 03-01-2018
Locate the files in the first column and copy the files in 2nd column

Code:
#cat data.txt

file1   folder1
file2   thisforfile2
file3   thisfolderforfile3
lata4 folder4


step 1: create the folder first in column 2
Code:
for i in `awk '{print $2}' data.txt`
do
mkdir /home/data/$i
done

step 2: locate the files in column1 and stored them into a file
Code:
for i in `awk '{print $1}' data.txt`
do
locate $i >> locate.txt

step 3:
Code:
HOW TO COPY NOW?

Expected Output:

output:

Code:
/home/data/folder1/file1
/home/data/thisforfile2/file2
/home/data/thisfolderforfile3/file3
/home/data/folder4/lada4


Last edited by rbatte1; 03-07-2018 at 12:35 PM..
# 2  
Old 03-01-2018
Maybe, all in just one script?

Note: Not tested
Code:
set -x # to output to screen the execution of the script

while read f d
do
    if [[ -n $d ]] && [[ -n $f ]]
    then
        filepath=$(locate $f)
        if [[ -e $filepath ]]
        then
            mkdir -p "/home/data/$d" && cp "$filepath" "/home/data/$d"
        fi
    fi
done < data.txt


Last edited by Aia; 03-01-2018 at 03:06 PM.. Reason: s/location/locate
# 3  
Old 03-01-2018
not working,
locate/find.. it will locate the files anywhere in the system, the file1,file2 could be in different directories..
# 4  
Old 03-01-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenshinhimura
not working,
locate/find.. it will locate the files anywhere in the system, the file1,file2 could be in different directories..
Substitute that
filepath=$(location $f)
for
filepath=$(locate $f)

I am correcting the misspelling of the command in the original.
# 5  
Old 03-02-2018
Code:
while read -r a b
do
 unset bd af
 [[ $b ]] && bd=`locate $b`
 [[ $bd ]] &&{ mkdir -p "/home/data/$b";: } || { echo "Not exist $b"; exit; }
 [[ $a ]] af=`locate $a`
 [[ $af  ]] && cp -bfp "$a" "/home/data/$b"
done < data.txt


Last edited by abdulbadii; 03-02-2018 at 06:27 AM..
# 6  
Old 03-05-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aia
Substitute that
filepath=$(location $f)
for
filepath=$(locate $f)

I am correcting the misspelling of the command in the original.
it works now, but it only copy the last file to the last folder.


I was expecting something like this

output:

Code:
/home/data/folder1/file1
/home/data/thisforfile2/file2
/home/data/thisfolderforfile3/file3
/home/data/folder4/lada4

But in your script i only have this
Code:
/home/data/folder4/lada4


Last edited by rbatte1; 03-07-2018 at 12:37 PM..
# 7  
Old 03-05-2018
Please, post the script that you are running.
Please, post the output from your screen of running the script.
I presume you set -x in it, in fact make that line set -xv to be even more verbose and post the result to help troubleshoot.

Last edited by Aia; 03-05-2018 at 02:09 PM..
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