Re: [expert] BASH Shell games

[Lee Willis]

Charles Curley wrote:

> Why is this failing?

I must admit I didn't even look at your example beyond thinking that it
was overkill ;)

As far as I can see what you are looking for is

cp -u sourcefile destination file

which does exactly what you want with only one commnd!

"man cp" for details.

Hope this helps
Lee
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