1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 | #!/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 |
Shell Script To Delete Files In The First Directory Which Are Similarly Named In The Second Directory
in Categories Decision Making, File-management last updated July 15, 2008A shell script that accepts two directory names as arguments and deletes those files in the first directory which are similarly named in the second directory.