From: robin_listas@invalid.es   
      
   On 2017-02-21 01:53, Sidney_Kotic wrote:   
   > I'd like to keep it as hands off as possible.  I'm dealing with about   
   > 12,000 files in 1,100 directories.   
   >   
   > I can produce a list of file names to copy.  But I have no assurances   
   > that two, or more, of them will be named the same thing.   
   >   
   > i.e.  The result would look like this:   
   >   
   > cp "Music/F/Franz Listz/Complete Symphonic Poems (CD 1)/03-Les Préludes   
   > d'après Alphonse de Lamartine.mp3" "/another device/big pile of music"   
   >   
   > Not that I would expect that to cause a problem.   
      
   Something like this:   
      
   Have the source file string stored in SOURCE. Obtain filename, using   
   'basename'. Destination file will be "$DESTINATION"/"$SOURCENAME".   
      
       if test -f "$DESTINATION"/"$SOURCENAME" ; then   
   	echo "$DESTINATION"/"$SOURCENAME exists"   
           echo "overwrite?  Enter to continue, N[enter]"   
   	read   
           if ! test "$1" = "N" ; then   
   		copy ...   
   	fi   
       fi   
      
      
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