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Shell script to find and replace files. I have a list of all files, there is a source(good files)and destin(bad files.
Here is what I have
I have a file with file names in it see exaple
file
filename1
filename2
filename3
I need a script that will search for all files on the drive that have the filename1 then do a copy from source to replace all instances on that drive with 1 that is local.
My first idea is to update the locate databse then move my source(good files on the drive) that way the locate will only pick up the bad files. I need to make sure, because some time the locate command will pull up 3 or 4 different directories.
Any an all help would be awesome.
I have a file with file names in it see exaple
file
filename1
filename2
filename3
I need a script that will search for all files on the drive that have the filename1 then do a copy from source to replace all instances on that drive with 1 that is local.
My first idea is to update the locate databse then move my source(good files on the drive) that way the locate will only pick up the bad files. I need to make sure, because some time the locate command will pull up 3 or 4 different directories.
Any an all help would be awesome.
ASKER
no here is the situiation.
/usr/local/file1
/usr/local/file2
/usr/me/file3
/usr/src/backup of files. from a previous version.
/usr/src/listof all files (example)
vi file.txt
file1
file2
file3
So search the harddrive for the files listed in the file.txt then copy from the /usr/src/backup to the correct directories.
/usr/local/file1
/usr/local/file2
/usr/me/file3
/usr/local/file1
/usr/local/file2
/usr/me/file3
/usr/src/backup of files. from a previous version.
/usr/src/listof all files (example)
vi file.txt
file1
file2
file3
So search the harddrive for the files listed in the file.txt then copy from the /usr/src/backup to the correct directories.
/usr/local/file1
/usr/local/file2
/usr/me/file3
Ok,
for file in `cat file.txt`
do
find / -name $file > $file.log
nawk -v F=$file '{print "cp /usr/src/backup/F ", $1' $file.log > $file.sh
sh $file.sh
done
for file in `cat file.txt`
do
find / -name $file > $file.log
nawk -v F=$file '{print "cp /usr/src/backup/F ", $1' $file.log > $file.sh
sh $file.sh
done
ASKER
Troubleshooting what you did,
#!/bin/sh
for file in 'cat matches'
do
find / -name $file >$file.log
done
resulted in this
[root@mail memberdir]# ./script.sh
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
#!/bin/sh
for file in 'cat matches'
do
find / -name $file >$file.log
done
resulted in this
[root@mail memberdir]# ./script.sh
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]
Hi,
Please see that I inverted comma not quotes
Please see that I inverted comma not quotes
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Than you, now running the first command. below I get the below results, in a single file, I have put spaces inbetween the non matchs just for here so it would make it easier to read. I need it to always copy the /usr/move/test/me to the /usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
#!/bin/sh
for file in `cat matches`
do
find / -name $file >>matches.log
done
he is the example cp "/usr/move/test/me@whateve
looking though the file it appears the 1st entry is always the /usr/local the 1 I need to replace and the 2nd file it finds is always the 1 I need to replace it with.
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
#!/bin/sh
for file in `cat matches`
do
find / -name $file >>matches.log
done
he is the example cp "/usr/move/test/me@whateve
looking though the file it appears the 1st entry is always the /usr/local the 1 I need to replace and the 2nd file it finds is always the 1 I need to replace it with.
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
/usr/move/test/me@whatever
/usr/local/mail/users/m/e/
The requirement is not clear. Are you trying to copy a file say filename1 from a remote server to replace all the local files with the same name?
- To copy filename1 from remote server, you may use ftp or scp (both can be automated)
To use ftp , use .netrc file in the user's home directory. This file should not be readable by others i.e. use
chmod 400 .netrc
The entry in .netrc should be as below:
machine myftpserver
login remoteusername
password mypassword
myftpserver is the server which is the ftp server where you want to sent the file(s)
remoteusername is the remote user login name on the ftp server
mypassword is the password of the remote user on the ftp server
for more info about .netrc, please use man netrc
The ftp command can be then put in a script to transfer file from remote server.
Similarly, you may use scp to copy file from remote server, but scp requires ssh on the remote server.
- To locate all the files in local server with filename1,
find / -name filename1 > filename1.log
- To get all the local files found replaced by the file transfered (assume it is in /tmp/filename1)
awk '{print "cp /tmp/filename1 ", $1' filename1.log > filename1.sh
sh filename1.sh