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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: copying multiple files
From:       David Henderson <dhenderson () digital-pipe ! com>
Date:       2016-11-22 15:57:51
Message-ID: CAF-YAQwQ-dz-bhUdPa1=eSw7TQ_FwmkCQ+FB1NBZ8JVyrrkJBA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Several other great recommendations!  Thanks to you all - I should
have more than enough to figure out an appropriate solution!

Dave


On 11/22/16, Cathey, Jim <jcathey@ciena.com> wrote:
>>I want to make this the shortest command possible is because I don't want
>> to add 60 lines of code to a script just to copy
>>10 files (with error control and so forth).
>
> This sounds like an excellent opportunity to make a function,
> or to feed an embedded pipe with a list...
>
> while read f; do
>   cp -f $f dest || error oops
> done <<EOF
> file/path/1
> file/path/2
> ...
> EOF
>
> That sort of thing.  There are many ways to skin that kitty.
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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