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myschu
myschu

Reputation: 91

cp command used in script does not work properly

i'm trying to write script asking about file and directory and then copying file. I wanted to do something looking that way:

#!/bin/bash
read FILE
read DIRECTORY
cp $FILE $DIRECOTRY

file and directory i choose do exist, but script does not work despite returning no error.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3405

Answers (1)

Kirill Bulygin
Kirill Bulygin

Reputation: 3826

Try to fix a typo: cp "$FILE" "$DIRECTORY" ("" are to allow filenames with whitespaces), and then you can run your script, enter the two names on two lines and see the result. You can also add -x to see commands running. In full:

#!/bin/bash -x
read FILE
read DIRECTORY
cp "$FILE" "$DIRECTORY"

Upvotes: 2

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