#!/bin/ksh # destiny=xxxxx integer count=0 while [[ ! -d $destiny ]] do count=$count+1 if [[ $count == 5 || $destiny == \? ]] ; then print subdirectories available ... ls -l | grep ^d | nawk '{print $9}' fi read destiny?"Which directory shall I put them in? " done for fname in $* do if [[ -a $destiny/$fname ]] ; then print $fname NOT COPIED else cp $fname $destiny print $fname copied fi done