LinuxQuestions.org - 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