On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:58:58 -0500, Michael Martinell wrote: > I am trying to figure out how to come up with a shell script that will cat > or grep a file and if it contains the word SPAM it will then move it to > another folder. > > I have been trying combinations of grep SPAM * | mv * ../spam [...]
Instead of a big loop, try this: echo `grep -l SPAM *` ../spam ^echo^mv^ Yeah, I like to see what will go on before I do it... tong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
