UNIX Shell脚本读取文件，复制文件和删除文件

Question

Hi I am writing a shell script in UNIX which reads a directory and copies the files in to another directory and then deletes the files in the first directory

I have tried this but it does not work:-

files"=/project/scripts/input/"

for f in $files; do
    [ mv /project/scripts/input/$f.txt /project/scripts/output/$f.xml

    rm /project/scripts/input/$f.txt ]
else

    echo "Nothing to process will try later"

    exit

fi

Answer 1

It could be something like

cd $SourceDir && ( tar cfz - * | ( cd $TargetDir && tar xfz - ) )

(written from head/not tested...)

Answer 2

Because the structure of the script is so badly broken, it is quite hard to determine what the real intent of the script is. So with a bit of guesswork, I'm going to give a psuedo-answer with some hints:

• files"=/project/scripts/input/" - I assume the intent of this line is to set the variable files to all the files in the /project/scripts/input/ directory. But this line won't do that. Instead, because the "=/project/scripts/input/" part is in double quotes, it is expanded literally with no special meaning (variable assignment) given to the = . So the whole line ends up being an attempt to execute files=/project/scripts/input/ , ie execute the directory input/ which is found under the relative path files=/project/scripts/ . A variable $files will not be set at all.
• As I think you already know the else and the fi must be proceeded somewhere with some kind of if statement. Your question will make much more sense if you edit it to include the actual if statement (edit the answer itself, don't put in a comment)
• for ...; do for ...; do statements must always be followed by a done statement to indicate the end of your loop
• [ and ] are always used specifically to test conditionals. See http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_07_01.html . The condition which is being tested will be within the [ and ] and then some conditional action will happen, depending on the outcome of the conditional.
• as mentioned in my comment, mv will automatically remove the source files, so there is no need for the rm .

In short you would do well to edit your question to provide the full script you are asking about, and what exactly you expect it to do.