cp_fm_list.sh

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=101911
http://www.pearltrees.com/s243a/bash-script-strip-from-ruby/id15335212

#!/bin/bash
echo "determine the list of files to copy" > "`tty`"
if [[ ${#inFile} -gt 0 ]]; then
  echo "Readnig in file."  > "`tty`"
  #IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b")
  echo "-----------------Original Files-----------------------"
  echo  "$(cat $inFile)"
  files=$(cat "$inFile" | ./strip_prefixes "$oldPrefix")
  echo "-----------------Stripped Files-----------------------"
    echo  "$files"
  #IFS=" "
else
  echo "reading files from pipe" > "`tty`"
  files="$(read -d EOF | ./strip_prefixes $oldPrefix)"
fi
if [[ ${#newPrefix} -gt 0 ]]; then
  echo "Appending Prefix"  > "`tty`"
  files=$(./append_prefixes "$newPrefix" "$files")
  echo "-----------------Appended Files-----------------------"
  echo  "$files"

fi

  echo "determine where to copy the files"
if [[ ${#dest} -gt 0 ]]; then
  echo "dest=$dest"
else
  dest=pwd # asdf
  echo "dest=$dest"
fi
#Copy the files
for aPath in $files; do
  echo "aPath=$aPath"
  echo "inFile=$inFile"
  ./cp_preserve_path "$dest" "$aPath"
done