CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user233699
user233699

Reputation: 31

Copy and Rename script in Bash

I am trying to create a copy and rename files script. Here is what I have so far.

read COPYDIR

read DESTINATION

for file in `ls $COPYDIR`;do    
    if [ -f $COPYDIR/$file ]; then    
    cp $file $DESTINATION
    fi    
done

I'm trying to add a .bak extension to the files that are copied. How can I add this to the script?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 65

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785186

You don't need to parse ls's output. You can do:

for file in "$COPYDIR"/*; do 
    f="${file##*/}" 
    [[ -f "$file" ]] && cp "$file" "$BAK_DEST_DIR1/$f.bak"
done

Upvotes: 1

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