#!/bin/bash BDIR=/big/backups for u in annie bre; do cd /home/$u mkdir -p Backups cd Backups for m in annie fishy; do rm -rf $m mkdir -p $m cd $m for a in $(grep -v '\#' $BDIR/$m-users/dirvish/daily.hist |cut -f1); do ln -fs $BDIR/$m-users/$a/tree/$u \ $(echo $a |perl -npe 's/^(....)(..)(..)(....).*$/$1-$2-$3_$4/') done cd .. done chown -R $u:$u . done