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Old 09-01-2008
Copying one file at a time from one directory to another directory.
Hi All

i want to write a script which could copy one file at a time from one directory to another directory.

Scenerio:
Let's say i have 100 file in a dirctory,so i want to copy one file at a time to another directory with a sleep statement in between that of 30 secs.

please help me regarding this.

With Regards
Nikhil C.Indurkar
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Old 09-01-2008
Have you tried anything??
Assuming that file_list containing the list of files

Code:
while read line
do
cp $line to new_dir/$line
sleep 30
done<file_list

 
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