How to copy without replacing a .desktop, with sh?

[ruyzz]

I have the following code:

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sed -i -e "s|old|New|"  /home/user/Desktop/New.desktop 
cp /home/user/Desktop/New.desktop /home/user/Desktop/example/

[code]sed -i -e "s|New|New2|"  /home/user/Desktop/New2.desktop 
cp /home/user/Desktop/New2.desktop /home/user/Desktop/example/

Although I change the name and re-copy it, it is replaced.

How do I copy .desktop files without replacing them?

[MrEen]

Hi ruyzz.

Just use:

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cp /path/to/oldfile.desktop /path/to/newfile.desktop

[ganamant]

What are you attempting with sed? Your command will replace the first instance of the string "old" with the string "New" within the file, not in the filename. You can do as MrEen has suggested, or you can do

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</path/to/oldfile.desktop cat >path/to/newfile

If you actually need to do stream editing, use sed with the proper expression instead of cat.

Take a look at

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sed --help
man sed
info sed

in order of verbosity.