05-16-2008
Thank you both for the replies. I don't think I'm executing your suggestions correctly, I've tried all 3.
Jim,
I'm definately confused by which files go where when I read yours.
assume:
strings.txt = file with strings I want find
results.txt = output file of search results
I am trying:
find /directory/I/want to/search/ -type f | \
while read results.txt
do
grep -f strings.txt $results.txt
done
When I use this, I get:
read: `results.txt': not a valid identifier
era,
I didn't get any errors with your suggestions but strings I'm searching are still being broken up, meaning the spaces or '/' in the strings are being handled as breaks turning 1 string into several small strings that are each getting searched.
A better example of what I was originally trying to do is:
for h in `cat strings.txt`; do grep -rl "$h" /directory/path/I want/to/search/ >> /home/directory/results.txt ; done
using /../../ in my original post was not the best choice on my part when they are the equivalent of back ticks.
I'm going to continue to fiddle with all the suggestions, if any further guidance can be offered it would be a great help.
Thanks upstate boy
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XCLIP-COPYFILE(1) General Commands Manual XCLIP-COPYFILE(1)
NAME
xclip-copyfile, xclip-cutfile, xclip-pastefile - copy and move files via the X clipboard
SYNOPSIS
xclip-copyfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-cutfile [-p] FILES...
xclip-pastefile
DESCRIPTION
xclip-copyfile copies files into the X clipboard, recursing into directories.
xclip-cutfile copies the files, but also deletes them afterwards.
-p preserve path formation
xclip-pastefile pastes the files out of the clipboard
EXAMPLES
Copying a file to a remote host
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ echo "A file created on ${HOSTNAME}" > file1
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
file1
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ cat file1
A file created on maggie.lkpg.cendio.se
Copying an entire tree structure
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-copyfile doc
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
doc/
doc/letter-mom-april.txt
doc/file1
doc/letter-dad-march.txt
Copying files with preserved path information
[maggie.lkpg.cendio.se ~]$ xclip-copyfile -p /etc/sysconfig/grub
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
[sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ xclip-pastefile
etc/sysconfig/grub
[sofie.homeip.net ~/tmp]$ ls etc/sysconfig/grub
etc/sysconfig/grub
Moving files
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
letter-brother-may.txt
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ xclip-cutfile letter-brother-may.txt
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ ls letter-brother-may.txt
ls: cannot access letter-brother-may.txt: No such file or directory
[sofie.homeip.net ~]$ cd doc
[sofie.homeip.net ~/doc]$ xclip-pastefile
letter-brother-may.txt
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