Simplest Automation: Use Environment Variables

Copy the last five Goldengate trail files from source to destination.

Here are high level steps:

Copy trail with prefix (aa*) to new destination:
1. export OLD_DIRDAT=/media/patch/dirdat
2. export NEW_DIRDAT=/media/swrepo/dirdat
3. export TRAIL_PREFIX=rt*
5. ls -l $NEW_DIRDAT
6. ls $OLD_DIRDAT/$TRAIL_PREFIX | head -5
7. ls $OLD_DIRDAT/$TRAIL_PREFIX | tail -5
8. cp -fv $(ls $OLD_DIRDAT/$TRAIL_PREFIX | tail -5) $NEW_DIRDAT
9. ls -l $NEW_DIRDAT/*

Copy trail with prefix (ab*) to new destination:
export TRAIL_PREFIX=ab*
Repeat steps 5-9