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Log Consolidation

We have log files spread out over several directories and want to automate the process of consolidating them back to a single location. Your task is to create a script that will perform this consolidation. Note that this script must be designed to run on different systems, which means that your script must be able to run on a system that is different than the one you have access to for this test.

Instructions

Create a script in the file consolidate_logs.sh that does the following:

  • For each log file in the LOG_LOCATIONS environment variable, copy that file to the location specified in LOG_DESTINATION but do not overwrite any files that already exist in LOG_DESTINATION

  • If a file in the LOG_LOCATIONS environment variable is already present in LOG_DESTINATION append its name to LOG_DESTINATION/duplicate_files.txt

  • If a file in the LOG_LOCATIONS environment variable is missing, append its name to LOG_DESTINATION/missing_files.txt

  • Items in the LOG_LOCATIONS list should be processed in the order they appear in the list.

  • The LOG_LOCATIONS environment variable defines a comma separated list of absolute paths to log files.

  • The LOG_DESTINATION environment variable specifies a directory into which we are consolidating log files.

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