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Jun 10th, 2005, 7:49 AM
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script to copy files containing string
i need a script to copy all files containing a certain string (in the file) to a directory. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Jun 10th, 2005, 8:50 AM
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I'm on windows at work so I did this without being able to check it...
cp `grep -f *.txt -e stringpattern -l` the_dir
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Jun 10th, 2005, 12:52 PM
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Assuming you're on *nix, though.
lol, and here's the help I forgot to add (if you're using Windows): You can use the find command. Example, let's say that you're looking for the string lol!! in a file called lol.txt. find "lol!!" lol.txt find "lol!!" lol.txt ---------- LOL.TXT "lol!!" Unfortunately, I don't know if you can use a 'greater than' operator in batch files (if you could, you could use the /c switch to show you the count of lines containing it (example: 2)). If you can find a way to use the greater than operator, go for it. Last edited by Riddle; Jun 10th, 2005 at 12:57 PM. |
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Jun 10th, 2005, 1:54 PM
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I don't associate BASH/Shell scripting with Windows, but i think it would be a good idea to specify when posting threads in this forum in the future, unless we decide that BASH/Shell scripting also includes windows Batch
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Jun 10th, 2005, 7:22 PM
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Jun 12th, 2005, 9:34 AM
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right on, i'll talk to K to see if we can clear the confusion up.
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Jun 13th, 2005, 2:55 AM
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Sorry for not being more specific. I meant *nix.
Thanks for the help! |
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Jun 13th, 2005, 4:21 AM
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when i try:
cp `grep -f *.txt -e string -l` tmp i get this error: cp: grep -f *.txt -e string -l: No such file or directory |
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Jun 13th, 2005, 12:06 PM
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back sure they're back hashes not just single appostraphes
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Jun 14th, 2005, 11:06 AM
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ok, my mistake. got it.
works great, but copying the files in OS X changes the date modified for the files. any idea how to do this in with a windows batch file or even better with python? thanks again for the help, Last edited by dc6463; Jun 14th, 2005 at 1:33 PM. |
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