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Old 07-17-2013
[SOLVED] Mv command doesnt work in shell script
Hi All,

i created the below script to move file with xml extension from one directory to another,but the mv command is not working inside the shell script,

Code:
#!/us/bin/ksh
filepath="/apps/extract"
filename="*.xml"
foldername=2191POB000_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
mkdir -p "$filepath/$foldername"
mv "$filepath/$filename" "$filepath/$foldername/"

i am getting the below error when i execute this script,but from command line it works.
Code:
mv: cannot access /apps/extract/*.xml

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 07-17-2013 at 01:03 PM..
# 2  
Old 07-17-2013
* will not expand inside quotes, you will have to remove the quotes from that part.

Code:
mv "$filepath/"$filename "$filepath/$foldername/"

# 3  
Old 07-17-2013
Hi ,

Thanks for the reply.
I tried this
Code:
mv  $filepath/$filename $filepath/$foldername/

and it worked
Last edited by Don Cragun; 07-17-2013 at 02:03 PM.. Reason: Remove extraneous backquote and add CODE tags.
# 4  
Old 07-17-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Radhas
Hi ,

Thanks for the reply.
I tried this
Code:
mv  $filepath/$filename $filepath/$foldername/

and it worked
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