try this out
# find . -name "*.sh" -print > test.txt
# cp `cat test.txt` /tmp/temp
On Oct 1, 8:26 am, nj462SUT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to copy a bunch of drawings on a client's machine,
> starting in a particular directory, so I started by making a list of
> all the files with the following command:
>
> find ./ -iname "*.dwg" -print > /tmp/filelist1
>
> Then I edited the file, removing lines of files that I didn't need to
> copy, and saved it as, say, /tmp/filelist2. I made sure the file
> worked by typing cat /tmp/filelist2, and then I made a directory to
> put the copied drawings into: mkdir /home/dwg
>
> Now I want to read through the lines of files in "filelist2" and copy
> the files into the new directory. The best I can come up with is
>
> cat /tmp/filelist2 -exec cp '{}' /home/dwg ';'
>
> but I get a switch error for the cat command. I'm looking for a
> command line solution, but I think this may require a shell script,
> but I'm at a loss on where to start to get that working. I'm not
> worried about the files having duplicate names, but I suppose a
> solution that takes that into account couldn't hurt.
>
> I don't have access to the machine right now, and I forgot to write
> down the specific error (I know, but I was in a rush). I'm not looking
> for a perl or awk solution, because I don't know if the client has
> those packages installed, and it's a stand-alone machine, so kinda
> handcuffed there. Any ideas?
>
> -nj462SUT
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