#!/bin/bash config() { NEW="$1" OLD="`dirname $NEW`/`basename $NEW .new`" # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over: if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then mv $NEW $OLD elif cmp -s $NEW $OLD; then # toss the redundant copy rm $NEW fi # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider... } config /lib/udev/rules.d/20-sfp-honeycomb.rules.new