merge two folders

TechNett · 05-02-2005, 08:30 AM

Hi there,
I need to merge the contents of two folders. Each folder contains about 650 files, with duplicate names.

I was thinking my scritp should look somehting like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cd /dir1  #source
for name in `ls`
do

cat $name >> /dir2/$name

What do you think?
Thanks,
Nett

trevelluk · 05-02-2005, 08:38 AM

I think that logic's right - but I'd advise you test it with non-critical data first.

It looks as though you might have a few syntax errors though - try something like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

cd /dir1
for name in `ls`; do
    cat $name >> /dir2/$name
done

Also bear in mind this won't get any files whose names begin with a dot, and that interesting things could happen if dir1 contains any subdirectories.