Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> __/ [axel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on Monday 07 November 2005 16:14 \__
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> __/ [David Bolt] on Sunday 06 November 2005 20:23 \__
>>>> There's probably much more elegant, shorter, and/or quicker methods, but
>>>> here's one that should do the job:
>>>> grep -a -l "JFIF" * | \
>>>> awk -F: '{print $1}'| \
>>>> while read i ; do cp "$i" /wherever/you/want/the/files ; done
>>>> Just replace JFIF to match other identifying strings, and the
>>>> destination, as required.
>>> I suspect that the above assumes all files reside in the same directory.
>>> Let us say that all 3 lines were saved under a file named move_jfif.sh.
>>> You could then use global.sh (see below)
>> Then just use the -r option with the grep.
> Oh, that's easier. *frown*
> I guess 'global' remains a useful snippet of code in all of these
> circumstances where recursiveness is not an option.
Sorry, did not mean to demean your code... and actually I must
check if -r is a Gnu specific extension to grep.
Axel
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