Copying a single file to multiple directories

tgolly · 04-26-2004, 01:41 PM

I want to copy a single file to a directory and all the subdirectories contained within the main directory. I want to be able to copy a file into about 10,000 folders, I need a quick way to do this, thanks.

7ux_spirit · 04-26-2004, 01:57 PM

i dont think there is any standard command for copying to multiple locations.
u may try making a shell script

tgolly · 04-26-2004, 03:12 PM

I'm not familiar with creating shell scripts, could anyone help me create one for this job, thanks.

7ux_spirit · 04-26-2004, 03:47 PM

This script should work.
I dont know whether i could make this script more simpler, expecially that text filtering part with awk, there could be simpler tools for that!

#!/bin/bash
#rec_copy.sh
#Usage:
# rec_copy.sh input_file target_dir
# copies 'input_file' recursively to all directories starting at 'target_dir'

if [ -z $2 ]; then
echo "usage: $0 input_file target_dir"
exit
fi

#for i in $(ls -R $2| grep :$ | awk -F":" '//{print $1}' )
for i in $(ls -R $2 | awk -F":" '/:$/{print $1}' )
do
cp $1 $i
done