lddcopy - A script to copy all required libraries to a output directory

lddcopy

#!/bin/bash

USAGE="$0 EXECUTABLE PATH
For all shared libraries used by EXECUTABLE, copy that .so file to PATH"

if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
	echo "$USAGE" >&2
	exit 1
fi

executable="$1"
path="$2"

if ! [ -d "$path" ]; then
	echo "PATH must be a directory"
	exit 1
fi

ldd "$executable" |
awk '$2 == "=>" && $3 " " $4 != "not found" {print $1, $3}' |
while read name libpath; do
	echo "Copying $name at $libpath"
	cp "$libpath" "$path"
done