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copy-files-from-a-list-of-files.sh
#!/bin/sh
# list_of_useful_files.txt contains a list of files as follows.
# example1.csv\n
# example2.csv\n
# example3.csv\n
# the scrip reads the list of files and proceeds to copy them into the specified directory.
cat ~/Downloads/IPEDs/list_of_useful_files.txt | awk -F'/' '{print "cp "$0 " ~/Downloads/IPEDs/files_downloaded/"$7"-"$8 }' | sh
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