Roland RoLaNd wrote:
i'm writing a certain script which does a specific task in a repetitive manner, i'm going to give a similar script with the same concept hope you could advise me to a better way:
USER1="roland" USER2="dany" USER3="kevin"
cp -r /opt/$USER1/test /backup/$USER1 cp -r /opt/$USER2/test /backup/$USER2
<snip> Guy, if you're a real sysadmin, and not just doing this at home, you *really* need to take a basic programming course. The first week or two would have told you about what are called "control structures".
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