Shell Script to read source file and copy it to target file
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#!/bin/bash # Shell to read source file and copy it to target file. If the file # is copied successfully then give message 'File copied successfully' # else give message 'problem copying file' # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/> # This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- echo -n "Enter soruce file name : " read src echo -n "Enter target file name : " read targ if [ ! -f $src ] then echo "File $src does not exists" exit 1 elif [ -f $targ ] then echo "File $targ exist, cannot overwrite" exit 2 fi # copy file cp $src $targ # store exit status of above cp command. It is use to # determine if shell command operations is successful or not status=$? if [ $status -eq 0 ] then echo 'File copied successfully' else echo 'Problem copuing file' fi
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Tags: bash shell, command operations, copy file, cp command, exit status, fi, if command ~ Last updated on: April 5, 2008
