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bash script to swap two files around
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| #!/usr/bin/bash | |
| if [[ "$#" != "2" ]]; then echo "Usage: swapfile <file1> <file2>"; exit 1; fi | |
| if [[ ! -e "$1" ]]; then echo "File not found: $1"; exit 1; fi | |
| if [[ ! -e "$2" ]]; then echo "File not found: $2"; exit 1; fi | |
| IDTEMP="$(uuidgen|tr -d '-')" | |
| mv -v "$1" "$1$IDTEMP" && mv -v "$2" "$1" && mv -v "$1$IDTEMP" "$2" |
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