source and destination path for the copy command in single file then how to copy?

Question

I have a single file which contains source file paths and destination file paths.

example

$ cat test.txt
/home/data/source.txt   /home/code/destination.txt
/home/abc/def.txt   /home/mnp/xyz.txt

Here i want to copy /home/data/source.txt to /home/code/destination.txt (cp /home/data/source.txt /home/code/destination.txt)

I have so many source path and Destination path in a single file

So I want a command by which I can copy file from source path to destination path.

Thanks.

SparedWhisle · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-13 14:29:37Z

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Here's an idea:

answered Mar 13, 2017 at 14:29

SparedWhisle

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stderr · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-13 14:33:56Z

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cat test.txt | xargs -L 1 cp -v

where:

answered Mar 13, 2017 at 14:33

stderr

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