On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Maurice <mauri...@cds-cumberland.org> wrote: > I need to search a text file within each > folder for a word match (like three_little_pigs.txt, and I need to find > "moe", if he's listed) and then when a match is found I need to move > (not copy) that entire folder (and it's 3~5 files contained within) to > another location...
Well, the following will search for any file containing "moe" (exactly), and list matching files: grep -l -r moe /path/to/top/level/directory If you want a case-insensitive search (match "moe", "Moe", "MoE", etc.): grep -i -l -r moe /path/to/top/level/directory If you want to search for multiple names, separate them by vertical bars (|). You will have to quote the search string to keep the bars from being interpreted by the shell: grep -i -l -r 'moe|larry|curly' /path/to/top/level/directory Moving just the files would be pretty easy. Moving the *directories* would be trickier. We can't move it when grep is still in the directory, so we'll have to save a list somewhere, then parse the list to find the directory names, then eliminate the duplicates, then move the directories. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/