What is wrong w/ writing this script. It doesn't seem to work. Overwriting the previous file.

cp "/storage3/Smith/server/Users/vszabo/roy/Forecast/Budget vs Actual.xls" /storage3/Smith/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Smith/server/Users/vszabo/roy/Forecast/CapEx - Detail.xls" /storage3/Smith/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Smith/server/Users/vszabo/roy/Forecast/Forecast Cash Flow.xls" /storage3/Smith/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Dunhill/server/Users/vszabo/roy/Forecast/Forecast Income Stmt.xls" /storage3/Dunhill/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Dunhill/server/Users/vszabo/roy/Forecast/Forecast Support.xls" /storage3/Dunhill/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Dunhill/server/Users/vszabo/Pitch Book/Draft II.ppt" /storage3/Dunhill/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Dunhill/server/Users/vszabo/Misc/well schedule for insurance audit.xls" /storage3/Dunhill/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Dunhill/server/Users/vszabo/Fonda/Cash activity 9_1_03 through 11_30_03.xls" /storage3/Dunhill/JACCO/atchafalaya/
cp "/storage3/Dunhill/server/Users/vszabo/Fonda/Cash activity 9_1_03 through 11_30_031 II.xls" /storage3/Dunhill/JACCO/atchafalaya/

Can you elaborate on that?
What is "the previous file", what's actually happening, and
what would you expect to happen?


Cheers,
Tink

Sorry...

I would expect each of the files to be copied to the new subdirectory, maintaining its current name. however, this isn't happening, it looks like the copy takes place, but no name is maintained so a "no name" file is continually being saved over itself with each copy (cp) command.

I'm trying to copy over a list of files that were returned from a grep search that I output to a text file, edited, and am trying to execute.

What's the file-system on the target?

It works well here ...


Cheers,
Tink

Found it. Commands need to be treated as compound:

http://kristi.erdves.lt/books/Comput....html#Heading6


By adding a semi-colon at end of each line, execution works. (So far.)

Thanks for help.

Unless you're using a DOS based editor to create
the file there should be no need for ; ... a compound
is a command that has several command on ONE line,
which your example doesn't appear to have.



Cheers,
Tink