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Old 11-17-2005
Power Copying file names returned from a grep command into another directory
When I do the following :

grep -l "string" *,

I get a list of file names returned. Is there a way to copy the files returned from the list into another directory ?.

Thanks.
Last edited by Kartheg; 11-17-2005 at 11:54 AM..
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Old 11-17-2005
$ cp `grep -l "string" *` tmp/
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Old 11-17-2005
I get the following :-

cp:cannot access grep -l string *
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Old 11-17-2005
Make sure you are using backticks (above the tab key on a standard keyboard).
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Old 11-17-2005
Yes, That works !

Thank you ashterix & dangral for your help.
 
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