While loop

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

How to copy a file from source location and paste 5 times in destination location using while loop??

Kindly help??

2

while pasting filenames in destination location..we can't past same file name you want different file name. Please post the with input data and output data.
Thanks

3

Didn't clear actually what you are trying to say...

Assuming you want to copy one file to 5 destinations..

Copy those destinations to one file... - Dest_Path

while read line
do
cp /Source_path/file $line
done<Dest_Path
4

ok fine I have 3 file in source directory named as
sample.dat
sample1.dat
sample2.dat
sample3.dat
sample4.dat
so I should copy any file from here to destination location where there are no files in destination directory.

I used the following code but it showing no such file or directory

#!/bin/ksh
file="/pathname/
dest="/pathname/
while read file
do
echo $file
cp "$file" "$dest"
done < "$file"
5

The closing double quotes in the two variable assignments are missing, the loop variable "file" has the same name as the variable that contains the file name. I think you are looking for a "for in loop", not a "while read loop" .

6

is there any way i can achieve this using while read line example

file="/path"
while read line
do
  echo $line
done <"$file"

I just want to read the file 5 times in destination path

8

Given the threads you opened in "Homework and Coursework" i suppose this to be part of your homework assignment. This assumption is further bolstered up by your insistence on using a while-loop even when told other alternative solutions.

Homework is not allowed in these boards and i suggest you open a thread in the homework part for this.

Until proven that my assumption is wrong this thread is closed and too complete answers from others*) are moderated.

bakunin

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