BASH Script to copy a particular file to different directories having the same pattern folder structure

One of the module which was done has to be copied to many directories say roughly around 50 inner directories. I did that by replicating it, but when i tested it i found that I have to change a file in all the 50 directories. I knew there is definitely a way out which can do this job easily and did some googling and used the bash script to write a small program which will do a small wonder for me.

The below bash script will loop thru all the directories (eg., abc, def, mmm ) and copies a file from turn/site/newfile.txt to all site directories which has been looped thru now.


#!/bin/bash
for directory in abc def mmm
do
  echo $directory
  cp trunk/site/newfile.txt $directory/site/somefile.txt
done


Note: While reading some sites, I found interesting bash shell script: copy only files modifed after specified date

Hope this might help you to save time.