topic Re: Script to copy file in Operating System - HP-UX

Script to copy file

Stephen Ng — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:24:30 GMT

The following script works on other Unix OS but not HP/UX:
#!/bin/ksh

for i in cat flist
do
cp ./$i ./newdir/$i
done
exit

where filst is a text file with one filname per line

Re: Script to copy file

Scott Van Kalken — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:27:34 GMT

try

for i in `cat flist`

Re: Script to copy file

Scott Van Kalken — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:30:02 GMT

you could even try:

go()
{
while read file
do
cp $file ./newdir/$file
done
}

go < flist

Re: Script to copy file

Stephen Ng — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 02:41:36 GMT

Scott,
It works.
Tks

Re: Script to copy file

Gerhard Roets — Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:42:44 GMT

It is recomended to put $i in double quotes, if i has a space in it it could cause major hickups.

Hence change all $i to "$i". As a general note under unix scripts put all variable substitutions in double quotes.

Regards
Gerhard