Script to copy folders

[lpb71]

I have a folder named branch1 containing 3 subfilders, Does anyone have a script that I could use to copy this folder and its subfolders 160 times naming each copied folder branch2, branch2..etc.

Thanks.

 

[Annihilannic]

If seq is available on your system:

[tt]seq 2 160 | xargs -t -i cp -r branch2 branch{}[/tt]

Annihilannic.

 

[Annihilannic]

Err, that should be branch1, not branch2.

Annihilannic.

 

[lpb71]

That seems to be doing it.

Many Thanks

 

[lpb71]

If I wanted to do this with arguments ie 160 branch1 and branch{} all being arghuments. how would I do this. I habe tried using $1 $2 & $3 but says folder does not exist.

 

[Annihilannic]

Can you post your entire script?

Did you make the source directory before testing it?

Annihilannic.

 

[lpb71]

seq 2 $1 | xargs -t -i cp -r $2 $3{}

Thanks

 

[Annihilannic]

Looks fine to me, tested it here too and it works. Like I said, are you sure you created the source directory first?

Annihilannic.

 

[lpb71]

Sorry, I had a typo '-' in front of cp.

Many Thanks.

 

[clonny2]

for ((i=1; i<=160;i++)); do cp -av branch branch${i}/; done