Re: script copy files based upon content

2005-08-07 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 8/5/05, Michael Martinell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 h

Re: script copy files based upon content

2005-08-05 Thread Tong
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 [

Re: script copy files based upon content

2005-08-05 Thread Chris Palmer
Ryan King writes: > The other weirdish piece is the ">/dev/null", which is just so that it > doesn't output anything even if it does match (which you expect to > happen. It's better to use -q. That way grep can terminate right away when it finds the first match. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: script copy files based upon content

2005-08-05 Thread Ryan King
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 08:31:30PM -0400, Ryan King wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 06:58:58PM -0500, Michael Martinell wrote: > > I have been trying combinations of grep SPAM * | mv * ../spam however I > > don't know what to put in for * since the filenames are always changing. > > Try something

Re: script copy files based upon content

2005-08-05 Thread Ryan King
On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 06:58:58PM -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 * ../s