RE: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
I believe in my very limited knowledge that the command is mv oldfilename newfilename e.g. mv mydocument mydocument.bak Nick -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 May 2001 04:37 To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how? Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
Oops, sorry bout that, just got in and jumped the gun - you can write a script to loop through the contents of a directory and perform commands on the files therein, but I don't know it off the top of my head. Nick -Original Message- From: Benjamin Sher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 May 2001 04:37 To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how? Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
Have a look at the man page of mmv (multiple move). Nico On Thursday 31 May 2001 05:36, you wrote: Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin
Re: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
It was Thu, 31 May 2001 12:23:30 +0800 when newbie-mandrake wrote: try something like bash# for i in *; do cp $i $.bak; done for i in *; do cp $i $i.bak; done Note the i in front of the second $ Paul -- Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. -Denis Diderot http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66
[newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Copy *.* to *.bak -- how?
try something like bash# for i in *; do cp $i $.bak; done sherwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dear friends: Let's say I have the following files: File1 File2 File3 etc. Now, normally to make a backup copy of each, I would do the following: cp File1 File1.bk cp File2 File2.bk cp File3 file3.bk etc. My question: Is there a SINGLE command that would allow me to create backups for hundreds of files within a directory at one blow, that is, so as to create the series of backups above: File1 File1.bk File2 File2.bk File3 file3.bk etc. In other words, is there a command that would allow me to do this all at once from within a directory rather than manually copy each file one at a time? Thanks so very much.
