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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to do this exact same thing, so far I have created this to move files
i've named my script CP.sh
#!/bin/bash
cd /root/my-documents/NewDir/
for f in *.doc
do cp -v $f root/my-documents/NewDir $f{%.doc}
done
When i go to run this in the console i type, bin/sh/ CP.sh
but it... (7 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
All,
I need to grab and rename common files from several unique directory structures. For example, the directory structures looks like:
/unique_dir/common/common/common/person_name_dir/common_file.txt
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am doing this for svn patch making. I got the list of files to make the patch. I have the list in a file with path of all the files.
To Do
From Directory : /myproject/MainDir
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I'm trying to list some files from my log directory
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a question regarding Perl scripting.
If I want to say open files that all look like this and assign them to a filehandle and then assign the filehandle to a variable, how do I do this?
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
I am having hundred over file in the below pattern.
AA050101.INI
BB090101.INI
.
.
ZX980101.INI
Need to rename these files with an extension .bak
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BB090101.INI.bak
.
.
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I am userB and have a dir
/temp1
This dir is owned by me.
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I tried
cp -pr /home/userA/* .
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
I want to copy all files from the current directory and move to .archive file.
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi all,
Would like to rename all files using wildcards - if at all possible!
As an example I have the following files:
Nov01_df
Nov02_df
Nov03_df
......
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Nov29_df
Nov30_df
I'd like to have these renamed as "df??" where ?? is the number from the original file name.
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cp(1) General Commands Manual cp(1)
Name
cp - copy file data
Syntax
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] file1 file2
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] file... directory
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] directory... directory
Description
The command copies file1 onto file2. The mode and owner of file2 are preserved if it already existed; the mode of file1 is used otherwise.
Note that the command will not copy a file onto itself.
In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file names.
In the third form, one or more source directories are copied into the destination directory with their original file names.
Options
-f Forces existing destination pathnames to be removed before copying, without prompting for confirmation. The -i option is ignored if
the -f option is specified.
-i Prompts user with the name of file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwritten. A yes answer will cause to continue.
Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.
-p Preserves (duplicates) in the copies the modification time, access time, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed by the permis-
sions of the source files, ignoring the present umask.
-r Copies directories. Entire directory trees, including their subtrees and the individual files they contain, are copied to the speci-
fied destination directory. The directory, its subtrees, and the individual files retain their original names. For example, to copy
the directory including all of its subtrees and files, into the directory enter the following command:
cp -r reports news
See Also
cat(1), pr(1), mv(1)
cp(1)