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November 15, 2012 08:12
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Copy specific files from local storage to local storage with using folder names passed by pipe
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#!/bin/bash | |
# usage: | |
# ls -R | grep FOLDER_NAME_TO_SEARCH | ./this_script.sh TARGET_FILE.html | |
# Verify if the # of passed parameter is only 1 | |
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo "you must specify 1 parameter to grab file to be copied" | |
exit 0; | |
fi | |
# Declare variables | |
FILENAME=$1 | |
DESTINATION="checkAndCopy_`date +"%Y%m%d_%I%M%S"`" | |
# Make folder to contain contents | |
mkdir "${DESTINATION}" | |
# Copy | |
while read data | |
do | |
if [ ${data:0:1} = "/" ]; then | |
SOURCE="${data/%?/}/${FILENAME}" | |
TARGET=${SOURCE//\//_} | |
TARGET=${TARGET//\:/_} | |
TARGET=${TARGET//:/_} | |
cp "${SOURCE}" "${DESTINATION}/${TARGET}" | |
fi | |
done | |
exit 1 |
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