grep, maybe

[John Abreau]

Assuming no spaces or other troublesome metacharacters
in the filenames and folder names:

    mv $( find /path/to/src/root -type f | xargs grep -l moe |
        sed 's-/[^/]*$--' | sort -u ) /path/to/destination/

The example should all be on one line, of course.




On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Maurice <mauricep-dJH4IiyFVKEZfdn3qmwGpR2eb7JE58TQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Looking for some guidance;
>
> I have several files within several folders (5 files per folder, and
> thousands of folders) that 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...
>
> I'm thinking grep, but don't know the correct syntax to make all this
> happen.
> I can easily find all the folders (1949 of them) and the word match 3923
> times within the text file(s)...
>
>
> Any ideas???
>
>
> --
> -Maurice Pelletier
> Child Development Services - Cumberland County
> 50 Depot Road
> Falmouth, ME 04105
> 207-781-8881 (voice)
> 207-781-8855 (fax)
>
> www.cds-cumberland.org
>
>
> "Linux -- it's not just for breakfast anymore..."
> -Moe
>
>
>
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