Example: newcopy

#!/usr/bin/csh -f

### An old exam question:

# Write a csh script “newcopy <dir>” that copies files

# from the directory <dir> to the current directory.

# Only the two most recent files having the name progN.c

# are to be copied, however, where N can be any of 1, 2,

# 3, or 4. The script can be written in 3 to 5 lines:

set currdir = $cwd

cd $argv[1]

set list = (`ls -t -1 prog[1-4].c | head -2 |

awk '{print $8}'`)

foreach file ($list)

cp $file $currdir/.

end

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