David Brett wrote:
> Is there an easy way to do the following copy. I am not sure even how to
> do it in a script.
>
> directory 1 has files like
>
> rootfilename-1.html
> rootfilename-2.html
> rootfilename.log
>
> directory 2 has files like
> newrootfilename-1.html
> newrootfilename-2.html
> newrootfilename.log
>
> what I want to do is copy the contents of the files in directory 1 to the
> corresponding filename in directory 2.
>
> The reason I say I can't think of an easy script is I have a number of
> directory with varing number files.
#!/bin/sh
for oldfile in `ls $1`; do
cp $1/$oldfile $2/new$oldfile
done
Should come close,
call it like
mycopy origdir newdir
You will have to have the directories already there. Not sure what ls -R
would do. Should probably test to see if the file is a file create needed
dirs for a recursive deal.
Bret
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