Shell Script to read source file and copy it to target file

#!/bin/bash


# Shell to read source file and copy it to target file. If the file


# is copied successfully then give message 'File copied successfully'


# else give message 'problem copying file'


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# Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project <http://cyberciti.biz/fb/>


# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above


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# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)


# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.


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echo -n "Enter soruce file name : "


read src


echo -n "Enter target file name : "


read targ


 


if [ ! -f $src ]


then


 echo "File $src does not exists"


 exit 1


elif [ -f $targ ]


then


 echo "File $targ exist, cannot overwrite"


 exit 2


fi


 


# copy file 


cp $src $targ


 


# store exit status of above cp command. It is use to 


# determine  if shell command operations is successful or not


status=$?


 


if [ $status -eq 0 ]


then


 echo 'File copied successfully'


else


 echo 'Problem copuing file'


fi