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Old 03-02-2012
Copy and append
Ok, Here it goes. I have several file in a directory that I want to copy to another directory and append the date to the end of the file. I do not want to zip the I just need a copy. I would like the script to ask the user before copying each file in the directory to keep from making unneeded copies.This is what I have:
Code:
cd ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/
 echo " Do you wish to back-up file.cfg ?"
        echo -n "Enter Y or N: "
        read YN
if [[ $YN == y || $YN == Y ]];
        then
                cp file.cfg ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/OLD/file.cfg.`date '+%Y%m%d'`;
        echo " Copy Complete "
fi
 echo " Do you wish to back-up file2 ?"
        echo -n "Enter Y or N: "
        read YN
if [[ $YN == y || $YN == Y ]];
        then
                cp file2 ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/OLD/file2.`date '+%Y%m%d'`;
        echo " Copy Complete "
fi
 echo " Do you wish to back-up file3 ?"
        echo -n "Enter Y or N: "
        read YN
if [[ $YN == y || $YN == Y ]];
        then
                cp file ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/OLD/file3.`date '+%Y%m%d'`;
        echo " Copy Complete "
fi

I would like to do this with one command instead of listing each file like this:
Code:
cd ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/
 echo " Do you wish to back-up files.cfg ?"
        echo -n "Enter Y or N: "
        read YN
if [[ $YN == y || $YN == Y ]];
        then
                cp files.cfg ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/OLD/files.cfg.`date '+%Y%m%d'`;
        echo " Copy Complete "
fi

I would also like to be able to use this on other databases with minor changes. Is this possible?

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# 2  
Old 03-02-2012
You can try using a for-loop:

Code:
cd ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/

for files in *
do
    echo " Do you wish to back-up $files ?"
    echo -n "Enter Y or N: "
    read YN
    if [[ $YN == y || $YN == Y ]];
    then
        cp $files ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/OLD/${files}.`date '+%Y%m%d'`;
        echo " Copy Complete "
    fi

Hope this helps point you in the right direction.

---------- Post updated at 02:17 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:16 PM ----------

Sorry, got distracted:

Code:
cd ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/

for files in *
do
    echo " Do you wish to back-up $files ?"
    echo -n "Enter Y or N: "
    read YN
    if [[ $YN == y || $YN == Y ]];
    then
        cp $files ${PACKAGE_HOME}/km/cfg/OLD/${files}.`date '+%Y%m%d'`;
        echo " Copy Complete "
    fi
done

 
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