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Pratik Sinha
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Add the following alias and function to your profile to be able to copy and paste files at the command line:
You can see below how this can be used:
ccopy(){ cp $1 /tmp/ccopy.$1; }
alias cpaste="ls /tmp/ccopy* | sed 's|[^\.]*.\.||' | xargs -I % mv /tmp/ccopy.% ./%"
You can see below how this can be used:
blackbird:~/tst tks1$ ls 1.txt 2.txt t1.tss t2.tss t3.tss blackbird:~/tst tks1$ ccopy 1.txt blackbird:~/tst tks1$ ccopy 2.txt
blackbird:~/tst tks1$ cd ../tst2 blackbird:~/tst2 tks1$ ls
blackbird:~/tst2 tks1$ cpaste
blackbird:~/tst2 tks1$ ls 1.txt 2.txt
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Pratik Sinha#1
Why not use simple 'cp'? whats the added advantage here?
Posted 2008-10-10 13:59:25
JohnI guess the advantage is that you don't need to remember the full path to the file you're copying, you can just use the ccopy command, then carry on with what you're doing and use cpaste when you're ready to place the file.
Posted 2008-10-10 16:00:10
AdrianTMChange:
ccopy(){ cp $1 /tmp/ccopy.$1; }
To:
ccopy(){ cp "$1" /tmp/ccopy."$1"; }
to handle blanks in file names.
ccopy(){ cp $1 /tmp/ccopy.$1; }
To:
ccopy(){ cp "$1" /tmp/ccopy."$1"; }
to handle blanks in file names.
Posted 2008-12-23 15:56:57