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Old 05-17-2010
Searching for specific filenames

Hi

I would like to know how to search through a directory and pull out files that has a specific pattern in the filename. For example if the filename has "bsc" in it, then that file must be moved to another directory where I will perform some operations on it. I know grep can be used, but I'm not certain of how to use it.

Thanks
 

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