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#!/bin/sh
prev_dir= /Volumes/My\ Passport/test_reads_folder_a
new_dir=/Users/mylapple/desktop/test_reads_folder_b

cd $prev_dir
for i in `cat targeted_files.txt` 
do
   sed -i '' 's/\r$//' $i 
   echo $i
   cd $prev_dir          
   cp $i $new_dir         
   
done

./4fqmv.sh: line 11: cd:  /Volumes/My Passport/test_reads_folder_a: No such file or directory
cat: targeted_files.txt: No such file or directory

prev_dir= /Volumes/My\ Passport/test_reads_folder_a

prev_dir=/Volumes/My\ Passport/test_reads_folder_a

cd "$prev_dir"

sed -i '' 's/\r$//' $i
echo $i

echo ${i%?}

#!/bin/sh
prev_dir=/Volumes/My\ Passport/test_reads_folder_a
new_dir=/Users/mylapple/desktop/test_reads_folder_b
file=targeted_files.txt
sed 's/\r$//' "$prev_dir"/$file >"$new_dir"/$file

while read -r d; do
    sed 's/\r$//' <<<"$d"
done <"$prev_dir"/$file >"$new_dir"/$file

echo ${var%$'\r'}

#!/bin/bash                                             # have it run by bash, NOT sh, so bash new functionality is enabled
prev_dir=/Volumes/My\ Passport/test_reads_folder_a
new_dir=/Users/mylapple/desktop/test_reads_folder_b

for FN in $(sed 's/\r$//' targeted_files.txt)           # remove <CR> in the first place, running sed once in lieu of umpteen times
  do    cp $prev_dir/$FN $new_dir                       # use entire paths for the copy action
  done