Question: Create a shell script (tcsh or bash) that is able to backup all *.txt program files in your current directory. If a backup directory does

Create a shell script (tcsh or bash) that is able to backup all *.txt program files in your current directory.

  • If a backup directory does not exist, then ask the user input a backup directory name, and make/create the backup directory (in your current working directory)
  • If the backup directory was successfully created or already exists
    • For each .txt file:
      • If the file does not exist in the backup directory, then copy the current file to the backup directory and print a message that the file has been backed up.
      • If the file already exists in the backup directory, compare the updated time of the two files; if the backup file is out of date, copy the file and prompt a message, otherwise, do nothing.

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