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Shell script which will check the target file and folder exists and copy it

Hi All,

I am a beginner in this and trying to write a shell script which will :

1. Ask for a file name and check if its exists.
2. If file exists only then it will ask for the new target folder, after entering target folder name it will check if it exists.
3. If target folder exists it will copy that file in to it.

I have written the below code and it's working fine if file and folder exists but not working properly when any of them is not exists.

Code:

#!/bin/bash



read -p "Enter file name : " filename

echo "Please wait checking if $filename exists ..."



if [ -f "${filename}" ]



then



        echo "File $filename exist."

        read -p "Enter location to copy $filename : " location



else



        echo "$0: $filename not found."



fi

                if [ -d "${location}" ]



                then



                        echo "Target location found. Initiating file copy to $location."

                        cp -v "$filename" "$location"

                        echo "$filename copied to $location."



                else



                        echo "$0: $location not found."



                fi

Please let me know if i missed something.

Thanks,
Ashish

I did not test your code, but there obvious error:
You put the second if-else-fi construction in a wrong place.
Try this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash



read -p "Enter file name : " filename

echo "Please wait checking if $filename exists ..."



if [ -f "${filename}" ]

then

        echo "File $filename exist."

        read -p "Enter location to copy $filename : " location

        if [ -d "${location}" ]

        then

            echo "Target location found. Initiating file copy to $location."

            cp -v "$filename" "$location"

            echo "$filename copied to $location."

        else

            echo "$0: $location not found."

        fi

else

        echo "$0: $filename not found."

fi

Hi Teufel. thanks for the help.

Now i am trying to do :

1. Ask for a file name and check if its exists.
2. If file exists only then it will ask for the new target folder, after entering target folder name it will check if it exists, if doesn't exits it will create one with with the $location value.
3. It will copy that file in to it.

I have made below changes in to above script. Its working but i facing minor issue in it:

If i am trying to copy existing file in to non existing folder it's working fine and throwing below message

Code:

/etc/inittab copied to /OOO.

But if i am copying existing file in to existing folder i am not getting above message.

Code:

#!/bin/bash



read -p "Enter file name : " filename

echo "Please wait checking if $filename exists ..."



if [ -f "${filename}" ]

then

    echo "File $filename exist."

    read -p "Enter location to copy $filename : " location



    if [ -d "${location}" ]

    then

        echo "Target location found. Initiating file copy to $location."

        cp -v "$filename" "$location"

    else

        echo "$location not found ! Creating..."

        mkdir -p "$location"

        echo "$location folder created. Copying $filename to $location ..."

        cp -v "$filename" "$location"



        if [ $? -eq 0 ]

        then

                echo "$filename copied to $location."

        else

                echo "ERROR while copying $filename to $location. Please check write permission or disk space and try again !!!"

        fi



    fi



else

    echo "$filename not found."

fi

I will really appreciate if you point out needed changes.

Thanks,
Ashish

Issue resolved after :

Code:

#!/bin/bash



read -p "Enter file name : " filename

echo "Please wait checking if $filename exists ..."



if [ -f "${filename}" ]

then

    echo "File $filename exist."

    read -p "Enter location to copy $filename : " location



    if [ -d "${location}" ]

    then

        echo "Target location found. Initiating file copy to $location."

        cp -v "$filename" "$location"

    else

        echo "$location not found ! Creating..."

        mkdir -p "$location"

        echo "$location folder created. Copying $filename to $location ..."

        cp -v "$filename" "$location"

    fi

        if [ $? -eq 0 ]

        then

                echo "$filename copied to $location."

        else

                echo "ERROR while copying $filename to $location. Please check write permission or disk space and try again !!!"

        fi



else

    echo "$filename not found."

fi

Quote:

Code:

    if [ -d "${location}" ]

    then

        echo "Target location found. Initiating file copy to $location."

        cp -v "$filename" "$location"

    else

        echo "$location not found ! Creating..."

        mkdir -p "$location"

        echo "$location folder created. Copying $filename to $location ..."

        cp -v "$filename" "$location" 

    fi

if-else-fi block is excessive. It might be much more simpler:

Code:

mkdir -p "$location"

cp -v "$filename" "$location" && echo "$filename copied to $location."

-p option suppresses error message if directory already exists.

I recommend http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/testcon...ml#DBLBRACKETS

Also, in your case,

Code:

if [ -d "${location}" ]

the {}'s are redundant

For debugging, try

Code:

#!/bin/bash

set -xv