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Trying to copy all *.csv files to another directory but fails - help
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| phillip.s.powell@gmail.com 2006-08-24, 1:37 pm |
| # NOW WE COPY EVERYTHING OVER TO THE NEW FOLDERS IN $csvBackupPath
cp -pr "$clientDocPath/*.csv" "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV"
cp -pr "$projectDocPath/*.csv" "$csvBackupPath/projectCSV"
This code I thought would simply copy everything ending in ".csv" to
another directory, but I get the following error:
No such file or directory *.csv
What must I do to ensure copying files over?
Thanx
Phil
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| phillip.s.powell@gmail.com 2006-08-24, 1:37 pm |
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Stephan 'smg' Grein wrote:
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> phillip.s.powell@gmail.com wrote:
> Try that:
> cd "$clientDocPath/" && for file in *.csv; do cp -p "$file"
> "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV/${file}"; done
> cd "$projectDocPath/" && for file in *.csv; do cp -p "$file"
> "$csvBackupPath/projectCSV/${file}"; done
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> You got wrong with the * quantifier.
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> try above ;)
> np
Could you please explain that? None of it made sense to me, what is
that/??
Phil
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| Xicheng Jia 2006-08-24, 7:26 pm |
| Stephan 'smg' Grein wrote:
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> phillip.s.powell@gmail.com wrote:
> Try that:
> cd "$clientDocPath/" && for file in *.csv; do cp -p "$file"
> "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV/${file}"; done
> cd "$projectDocPath/" && for file in *.csv; do cp -p "$file"
> "$csvBackupPath/projectCSV/${file}"; done
you may get into trouble if "$projectDocPath" is not an absolute path.
to keep the current directory info, you may want to use sub-shell with
your commands, like
( cd "$clientDocPath/" && for file in *.csv; do cp -p "$file"
"$csvBackupPath/clientCSV/${file}"; done )
Also, using 'find' might save OP some typing:
find "$clientDocPath" -type f -name "*.csv"
-exec cp -p "{}" "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV/" \;
or use find | xargs, find -exec ... + .....
(untested)
Xicheng
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2006-08-24, 7:26 pm |
| On 2006-08-24, phillip.s.powell@gmail.com wrote:
> # NOW WE COPY EVERYTHING OVER TO THE NEW FOLDERS IN $csvBackupPath
> cp -pr "$clientDocPath/*.csv" "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV"
> cp -pr "$projectDocPath/*.csv" "$csvBackupPath/projectCSV"
>
> This code I thought would simply copy everything ending in ".csv" to
> another directory, but I get the following error:
>
> No such file or directory *.csv
Filenames are not expanded inside quotes:
cp -pr "$clientDocPath/"*.csv "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV"
cp -pr "$projectDocPath/"*.csv "$csvBackupPath/projectCSV"
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Chris F.A. Johnson, author <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
===== My code in this post, if any, assumes the POSIX locale
===== and is released under the GNU General Public Licence
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| Bill Marcum 2006-08-25, 1:39 am |
| On 24 Aug 2006 10:10:52 -0700, phillip.s.powell@gmail.com
<phillip.s.powell@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Stephan 'smg' Grein wrote:
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> Could you please explain that? None of it made sense to me, what is
> that/??
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> Phil
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In sh and similar shells, if there is no file matching a wildcard
expression, the wildcard expression is left as is on the command
line. To avoid an error, you can use
if [ -f "$clientDocPath/*.csv" ]; then
cp -pr "$clientDocPath/*.csv" "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV"
fi
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Truth is the most valuable thing we have -- so let us economize it.
-- Mark Twain
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2006-08-25, 7:33 am |
| On 2006-08-24, Bill Marcum wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2006 10:10:52 -0700, phillip.s.powell@gmail.com
> <phillip.s.powell@gmail.com> wrote:
> In sh and similar shells, if there is no file matching a wildcard
> expression, the wildcard expression is left as is on the command
> line. To avoid an error, you can use
>
> if [ -f "$clientDocPath/*.csv" ]; then
That doesn't work, because the wildcard will not be expanded.
> cp -pr "$clientDocPath/*.csv" "$csvBackupPath/clientCSV"
> fi
>
>
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Chris F.A. Johnson, author <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
===== My code in this post, if any, assumes the POSIX locale
===== and is released under the GNU General Public Licence
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