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Old 09-28-2007
redlotus72 redlotus72 is offline
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How to List and copy the files containing a string


I have more than 8000 files in a dir, I need to copy to other dir which containing the "sample"

I tried
grep -il "1189609240791-1268115603299237276@216.109.111.119 ' | cp /tmp/inv

Nothing is happening for long time for 100 file dir too,

Any one can help me?