build_transfer_file.sh

#!/bin/bash

# interestingly, all three cases work (even middle one - `sed` makes a real list out of it)
# input="/Users/perdue/tmp/pythia6.tar.gzSPACE/Users/perdue/tmp/pythia6.tar.gz.1"
# input="/Users/perdue/tmp/pythia6.tar.gz /Users/perdue/tmp/pythia6.tar.gz.1"
input="/pnfs/genie/xsec.*"
input="/Users/perdue/tmp/pythia6.*"
input="/Users/perdue/tmp/pythia6.tar.gz"

# input=(`echo $input | sed 's/SPACE/ /g'`)
input=`ls $input`
input=($(echo $input | tr "," " "))
echo $input

ARRLEN=${#input[@]}
echo "The split array length is $ARRLEN"

# if [[ $ARRLEN -gt 1 ]]; then
#   touch tmp.txt
#   for file in "${input[@]}"
#   do
#     ls $file >> tmp.txt
#   done
# else 
#   ls $input > tmp.txt
# fi

# touch transfer_file.txt
# for file in "${input[@]}"
# do
#   FILEDEST=`echo $file | perl -ne 'print $_." input\n";'`
#   echo $FILEDEST >> transfer_file.txt
# done