grep, maybe

[John Abreau]

Actually, this will fail due to the "mv" command line being too long.
However, the part between the $( ... ) gives you a list of all folders
to be moved.

In case there are nested folders, the "sort -u" should be changed
to "sort -ru" to reverse-sort the list, so inner folders get moved
before their parent is moved.



On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:47 AM, John Abreau <jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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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